Robert Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) an English-Irish writer and journalist. He was a Middle East correspondent from 1976 until his death for many medias. From 1989 until his death, he was a correspondent for The Independent.[1] Fisk was born in Maidstone, Kent.
He was a known Arabic speaker,[2] he was the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden. He interviewed him three times between 1993 and 1997.[3][4]
Fisk died of a stroke on 30 October 2020 at a Dublin, Ireland hospital at the age of 74.[5]
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