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Premature deaths of journalists, not necessarily suspicious

 

Assassinated journalists on Wikispooks

Wikispooks pageBornDiedSummaryDescription
Manuel Buendía24 May 192630 May 1984Journalist
Hrant Dink15 September 1954January 2007Author
Journalist
Darya Dugina15 December 199220 August 2022Journalist
Activist
Russian journalist and political activist who was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow on 20 August 2022
Cats Falck11 July 195318 November 1984JournalistSwedish journalist found dead after investigation arms trade. Lacklustre police investigation of death.
Francisco Ortiz Franco195422 June 2004JournalistMexican journalist assassinated within months of starting to write about drug trafficking.
Daphne Caruana Galizia26 August 196416 October 2017Journalist
Blogger
The Maltese journalist and blogger who exposed the Panama Papers. Assassinated in 2017 by a car bomb
Jeff German23 August 19533 September 2022JournalistMurdered journalist in Las Vegas
Michael Hastings28 January 198018 June 2013JournalistAmerican journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed.
Bill Hunter2 November 192823 April 1964Journalist
JFK/Assassination/Premature death
A reported who investigated the JFK assassination. Shot dead by a policeman, reportedly accidentally.
Jamal Khashoggi13 October 19582 October 2018Author
Journalist
Editor
assassinated journalist
Dorothy Kilgallen3 July 19138 November 1965Journalist
Celebrity
JFK/Assassination/Premature death
A famous journalist who became interested in the JFK assassination and who died in highly suspicious circumstances of a drug overdose
Paul Klebnikov3 June 19639 July 2004Journalist
Historian
Editor
US journalist who was shot dead for his reporting in Russia.
Otakhon Latifi18 March 193622 September 1998Journalist
Politician
Tajik Peace making politician. Assassinated in 1998
Walter Liggett14 February 18869 December 1935Journalist
Editor
Assassinated American journalist
Uğur Mumcu22 August 194224 January 1993JournalistTurkish journalist who "messed with the beehives" and was assassinated by (not mutually exclusive) the CIA, the [Turkey/Deep state
Anson NgJuly 1991JournalistA British reporter for the Financial Times who, similarly to Danny Casolaro was found dead in his bathtub after investigating the BCCI.
Anna Politkovskaya30 August 19587 October 2006Author
Journalist
Activist
Russian apartment bombings/Premature death
A staunch opponent of the Second Chechen War who was assassinated.
Walther Rathenau29 September 186724 June 1922Journalist
Politician
Industrialist
German Foreign Minister assassinated in office after signing the Treaty of Rapallo with the USSR.
Arshad Sharif22 February 197323 October 2022Journalist
News presenter
Pakistani journalist who supported Imran Khan, shot dead in October 2022
Yuri Shchekochikhin9 June 19503 July 2003Author
Journalist
Russian apartment bombings/Premature death
A member of the ill-fated Kovalev Commission who was assassinated.
Peter R. de Vries14 November 195615 July 2021Whistleblower
Soldier
Journalist
Handler
A Dutch former army sergeant turned journalist, controversial as friend and associate of leading Dutch gatekeepers on conspiracy theories, criminal lawyers and criminals, including Klaas Bruinsma. Uncovered dozens of cases of corruptions or cover ups by criminals and the government, including on Mabel van Oranje and revealing Inlichtingen en Operatiën. Shot dead in 2021.

 

Murdered journalists on Wikispooks

Wikispooks pageBornDiedSummaryDescription
Jill Dando9 November 196126 April 1999Journalist
Television presenter
News presenter
A high profile BBC TV presenter shot dead in front of her house.
Jeff German23 August 19533 September 2022JournalistMurdered journalist in Las Vegas
Viktoria Marinova19 August 19886 October 2018JournalistMarinova was an investigative journalist. After an interesting segment on alleged fraud with EU funds by businessmen and politicians - promising to uncover more about those individuals next week - Marinova was murdered in the most popular place for joggers in the city of Ruse. Although deemed a rape and murder, some of her belongings have never been found.
Mary Pinchot Meyer14 October 192012 October 1964Journalist
Artist
JFK/Assassination/Premature death
Wife of Cord Meyer, lover of JFK, murdered in 1964.
Jonathan MoyleMarch 1990Journalist
Pilot
28-year-old editor of the magazine 'Defence Helicopter World' when he was found dead in a Santiago Hotel in March, 1990
Amiram Nir8 December 195030 November 1988Spook
Journalist
Deep state actor
Mossad Iran Contra figure who was murdered in 1988 and whose documents were subsequently mopped up by unidentified spooks.
Mino Pecorelli14 September 192820 March 1979Journalist"Maverick journalist with excellent secret service contacts" shot dead in Rome a year after former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro's 1978 kidnapping and subsequent killing.
Brian Downing Quig194516 June 2003Researcher
Whistleblower
Journalist
Deep politics researcher who publicised CIA drug trafficking. Fatal hit by a car in 2003.

 

Other prematurely deceased journalists on Wikispooks

Wikispooks pageBornDiedSummaryDescription
Leonard Beaton20 June 19299 June 1971JournalistDied aged 41, three years after attending the 1968 Bilderberg. His book, The Reform of Power, was posthumously published in 1972.
Maksim Borodin15 April 2018JournalistRussian journalist who fell to his death from his apartment in unclear circumstances
Artyom Borovik13 September 19609 March 2000Journalist
Russian apartment bombings/Premature death
A Russian journalist who was interested in the Russian apartment bombings. Died in a plane crash
Andrew Breitbart1 February 19691 March 2012Journalist
Blogger
A political commentator who died of "heart failure" after exposing Anthony Weiner's sexting
Michael Corbin29 April 195518 March 2008Author
Journalist
Radio host
Speaker
US researcher who hosted the radio shows 4acloserlook and the ParaNet Continuum, interviewing guests such as Gary Webb and Indira Singh etc. Died in 2008, aged 53.
Hans Engen22 August 19126 April 1966Diplomat
Journalist
Politician
Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations for 5 years, reportedly died in a skiing accident
Hiroshi Hasegawa15 October 2001Journalist
9-11/Premature death
An "exceptionally erudite" TV commentator who publicly urged caution about the claim that 9/11 was a Muslim led operation. His sudden death the next month was little reported by corporate media.
Jon Hellevig26 February 196226 May 2020Journalist
Lawyer
Businessperson
Finnish lawyer and businessman who worked in Russia since the early 1990s.
Erik Izraelewicz6 February 195427 November 2012Author
Journalist
Editor
Editor-in-chief in many newspapers
Steve Kangas11 May 19618 February 1999Whistleblower
Spook
Journalist
Teacher
A spook turned whistleblower who was one of the first political campaigners on the internet. Probably murdered by the US Deep state.
Otto Lacis22 June 19343 November 2005Journalist
Russian apartment bombings/Premature death
A member of the ill-fated Kovalev Commission who died in a car crash.
David McGowan25 March 196023 November 2015Author
Researcher
Journalist
A dogged researcher into the vast deceptions of power since well before 9-ll. McGowan has solid claim to being The First 9-11 Sceptic
Tim Russert7 May 195013 June 2008Journalist
Clinton body count
US corporate journalist who made 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stumble. Died same year of heart attack, age 58.
Ed Schultz27 January 19545 July 2018Journalist
Clinton body count
Television host for Russia Today who died prematurely, age 64, at a time of immense pressure on the channel.
Christopher Sign197612 June 2021Journalist
Clinton body count
Journalist who broke story of Bill Clinton meeting Loretta Lynch in June 2016; died in June 2021. Declared suicide.
Merriman Smith10 February 191313 April 1970Journalist
JFK/Assassination/Premature death
Put the first story about the JFK Assassination on the UPI newswire. Supposedly shot himself.
Craig Spence194110 November 1989Journalist
Lobbyist
Franklin child prostitution ring/Premature death
Deep state actor
Blackmailer?
A lobbyist who ran a call-boy ring for purposes of sexual blackmail, also implicated in the Franklin child prostitution ring. Died suddenly.
Hunter S. Thompson18 July 193720 February 2005Author
Journalist
9-11/Premature death
9-11/Dissident
A prominent writer, openly critical of the US government. While writing an expose of 9/11 when he was found dead.
Victor Thorn1 August 19621 August 2016Author
Journalist
Research
9-11/Premature death
9-11/Dissident
Clinton body count
A journalist and reporter who wrote many books on deep politics, including two on involvement of the Mossad and zionists in the events of 9-11. Died of a shot to the head in 2016.
Udo Ulfkotte20 January 196013 January 2017Whistleblower
Journalist
Editor
Former editor of a German broadsheet who exposed press corruption while also subscribing to Islamophobic views.
Evert Vermeer20 November 191020 May 1960Journalist
Politician
Dutch journalist turned politician who attended the 1958 Bilderberg. Fell ill in 1959 and died in 1960
Joe Vialls194417 July 2005Researcher
Journalist
An internet journalist who cricitised commercially controlled media, and suffered a premature death,
André Vltchek196322 September 2020Author
Journalist
Filmmaker
Philosopher
Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist.
Gary Webb31 August 195510 December 2004Journalist
CIA/Drug trafficking/Premature death
Clearly exposed the CIA's complicity in drug smuggling, simultaneously demonstrating the controlled nature of the US corporate media. He died from two gunshots to the head in 2004 which was ruled a suicide


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