TV & Video - Dec. 26, 1989
Sobering Christmas for Press: Covering dramatic world events during the Christmas weekend proved to be a tragic assignment for some members of the television press. Belgian TV journalist Dany Huwe was killed when supporters of deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu ambushed him and opened fire on his car in Bucharest early Monday morning. On Friday, French television correspondent Jean-Louis Calderon died when he was run over by a tank in Bucharest. Two other journalists, both Americans, were wounded in Romania on Sunday. John Tagliabue of the New York Times and John Daniszewski of the Associated Press were evacuated to Yugoslavia for treatment of bullet wounds.
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