War Photographer Adams Dies at Age 71
Listen: Publisher Walter Anderson on Adams
Listen: Adams on the Vietnam Execution Photo
Photographer Eddie Adams dies at age 71. The Pulitzer-winning Adams, who took the photograph of an execution on the streets of Vietnam that became an indelible image of the war, had ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Parade magazine chairman Walter Anderson, a longtime friend of Adams.
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