One of journalism's greats, German-born Charles Wheeler, has died aged 85.
Born in Bremen in Germany Nepal's deposed king speaks out against exile ...
G8 Labor Ministers Address Needs of Working Poor ... in 1923, Wheeler was educated in southern England and started his career in journalism in 1939. He joined the Royal Marines at the outbreak of World War Two and served in Europe. After the war, he joined the BBC World Service. Wheeler witnessed some of the biggest events of the post-war period, including the 1956 Hungary uprising, the rise and fall of Richard Nixon and the assassination of Martin Luther King. As the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, he also reported on Watergate, Vietnam and the Gulf War.
(Deutsche Welle)
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