Terry Anderson, a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press (AO) who was held hostage for nearly seven years in Lebanon during the 1980s, died on Sunday, the outlet reported.
Anderson, who recounted his abduction and harrowing yearslong captivity by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” died at the age of 76 at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, his daughter, Sulome Anderson, told the AP.
While the renowned journalist’s cause of death was unknown at the time of publication, his daughter told the AP that Anderson recently had heart surgery.
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