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One of the prime examples of investigative journalism, the Pentagon Papers saw the press take on the Richard Nixon administration head-on in the 1970s. The 7,000 odd pages of highly classified government documents on the Vietnam war was brought to light by Neil Sheehan, a journalist with The New York Times. Neil, who was a former Vietnam War correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, went to great lengths to make the papers public knowledge, carrying out a risky expose that could ve not only ended his career but also jeopardized the safety of his source, had the information been leaked. Neil, who passed away at age 84 on January 7, is survived by his wife, Susan Sheehan and their two daughters. He was suffering from Parkinson s disease.
Muere Neil Sheehan, el periodista que obtuvo los Papeles del Pentágono sobre la guerra de Vietnam
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Morre Neil Sheehan, o jornalista que conseguiu os papéis do Pentágono
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Neil Sheehan Dies at 84; Author and Times Reporter on the Pentagon Papers
His exhaustive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
The journalist and author Neil Sheehan outside his home in Washington in 2009.Credit.Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times
Published Jan. 7, 2021Updated Jan. 8, 2021
Neil Sheehan, the Vietnam War correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who obtained the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times, leading the government for the first time in American history to get a judge to block publication of an article on grounds of national security, died on Thursday at his home in Washington. He was 84.