Australian documentarian and investigative journalist John Pilger died on Saturday at age 84, his family announced on social media.
Australian documentarian and investigative journalist John Pilger died on Saturday at age 84, his family announced on social media.
“It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84,” read the announcement on Pilger’s X (formerly Twitter) account. “His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.”
“My Dad died yesterday,” his son Sam, a Lond0n-based journalist, wrote on X. “I am heartbroken, but also so very proud and grateful to have had such an amazing Dad. He was my hero.”
While still in his 20s, Pilger was the youngest recipient of Britain’s Journalist of the Year Award in 1967.
