Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a Gaby Rado Has Died
Channel 4 News reporter Gaby Rado has died, after falling from the roof of his hotel.
He’d just been reporting on the movements of Kurdish troops at the Iraqi border, which sounds like exactly the sort of thing he was famous for: highlighting the stories that others left unreported.
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Posted by Leon at 8pm on 30.03.03
very tragic and all, but you’ve got to admit that’s fairly lame. go all the way to a warzone and then… fall off a roof.
Posted by Trilby at 9am on 01.04.03
i must admit i did allow that to cross my mind…
Posted by Jack at 11am on 01.04.03
bit late, but he was apparently on anti-depressants. baghdad maybe not a good place to be if at a loss with the world even before the war. so did he jump?
Posted by g.ape at 2pm on 01.04.03
I wondered that too. It seems unlikely, and a shame, that someone used to dodging bombs and bullets should meet their end by falling over…
Posted by Jack at 3pm on 01.04.03
did he fall or was he pushed? independent journalists can uncover truths those in power would rather remain hidden! its just a question, but remember the first casualty of war is truth!
Posted by gibson at 11pm on 02.04.03
I admired Gaby Rado’s reports, and found him an attractive journalist to watch and listen to. It’s strange that he should be born into an uprising (the Hungarian one) and die in another.
Poor Gaby. I’m sorry. I’ll miss him. My sympathies to his family.
Posted by Camilla Roskelley at 2pm on 11.04.03