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NBC Journalist dies in Iraq
Prominent NBC journalist dies in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- David Bloom, the prominent NBC News journalist who was covering the war in Iraq, died suddenly of a non-combat ailment while on duty.
Described as "dedicated, tenacious and talented," the 10-year NBC veteran suffered a pulmonary embolism.
The 39-year-old Minnesota native would have been 40 years old next month.
"We have lost one of our very very best," said Tim Russert, moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.
Co-anchor of the weekend editions of "Today" since March 2000, Bloom, who joined NBC in 1993, has covered major stories for the network, including the violence in Israel, the war on terror and recovery efforts at the recovery efforts from Ground Zero.
The news comes on the heels of the death of the first U.S. journalist in the war, Michael Kelly. He was a Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly editor-at-large. He was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, was killed Thursday night.
Before he became an anchor, Bloom had been a White House correspondent, covering the Republican presidential race for NBC News.
He "reported from the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Today," MSNBC, NBC's 24-hour news and information network, and CNBC," according to a biography on MSNBC.com.
Since 1995, he had been a Los Angeles-based correspondent, reporting on the Unabomber, the Freeman standoff, the war in Bosnia, Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, and the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials.
Before joining NBC, he had been a general assignment and investigative reporter for WTVJ, the NBC-owned television station in Miami, since November 1989.
He is the co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew and was awarded a 1991 Regional Emmy for investigative journalism for his report on South Florida's role in the shipment of arms to Iraq.
He attended Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. from 1981 to 1985. A native of Edina, Minn., Bloom and his wife, Melanie, have three daughters.
Prominent NBC journalist dies in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- David Bloom, the prominent NBC News journalist who was covering the war in Iraq, died suddenly of a non-combat ailment while on duty.
Described as "dedicated, tenacious and talented," the 10-year NBC veteran suffered a pulmonary embolism.
The 39-year-old Minnesota native would have been 40 years old next month.
"We have lost one of our very very best," said Tim Russert, moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.
Co-anchor of the weekend editions of "Today" since March 2000, Bloom, who joined NBC in 1993, has covered major stories for the network, including the violence in Israel, the war on terror and recovery efforts at the recovery efforts from Ground Zero.
The news comes on the heels of the death of the first U.S. journalist in the war, Michael Kelly. He was a Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly editor-at-large. He was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, was killed Thursday night.
Before he became an anchor, Bloom had been a White House correspondent, covering the Republican presidential race for NBC News.
He "reported from the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Today," MSNBC, NBC's 24-hour news and information network, and CNBC," according to a biography on MSNBC.com.
Since 1995, he had been a Los Angeles-based correspondent, reporting on the Unabomber, the Freeman standoff, the war in Bosnia, Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, and the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials.
Before joining NBC, he had been a general assignment and investigative reporter for WTVJ, the NBC-owned television station in Miami, since November 1989.
He is the co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew and was awarded a 1991 Regional Emmy for investigative journalism for his report on South Florida's role in the shipment of arms to Iraq.
He attended Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. from 1981 to 1985. A native of Edina, Minn., Bloom and his wife, Melanie, have three daughters.