Seymour Topping | |
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Born | Seymour Topolksy December 11, 1921 Harlem, New York City, United States |
Died | November 8, 2020 White Plains, New York, United States | (aged 98)
Occupation | Journalist, author, and professor |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Missouri School of Journalism |
Notable works | On the Front Lines of the Cold War Journey Between Two Chinas |
Spouse | Audrey Ronning Topping |
Children | 5 |
Seymour Topping (December 11, 1921 – November 8, 2020) was an American journalist. He was best known for his work as a foreign correspondent focusing on wars in China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and the Cold War in Europe.
From 1969 to 1986, he was the second senior-most editor at The New York Times. He was the San Paolo Professor Emeritus of International Journalism at Columbia University. He was administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes from 1993 to 2002.
Topping died on November 8, 2020 in White Plains, New York, at the age of 98 from a stroke.[1]
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