Longtime NBC Foreign Correspondent Tom Aspell Dead at 62

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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/12/16941549-longtime-nbc-news-correspondent-tom-aspell-dies

Tom Aspell, a veteran foreign correspondent for NBC News, died Monday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 62 years old.

After beginning his career as a scriptwriter and cameraman with Visnews in 1970, Aspell joined NBC News in 1985 as a producer based in Cyprus.

He later became a foreign correspondent, and in this role covered events ranging from the fall of Saigon and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, to the Bosnian War, Beirut and Baghdad — all the while displaying what NBC's Brian Williams described as “an intense brand of cool under fire.”

"From Southeast Asia to the Middle East… to the Balkans … to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and dozens of other 'hot spots,' Aspell made his mark on behalf of NBC News for 28 years," said NBC News President Steve Capus.
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Crossy gently, Tom. No more deadlines, I suppose....

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1. I thought he was a good reporter

and, as silly as this sounds, always admired him for not getting plastic surgery to get rid of those Basset Hound bags under his eyes.