Terry Anderson: US journalist held hostage in Lebanon for years dies at 76 - BBC News

Terry Anderson was abducted and detained during Lebanon's civil war in the 1980s when a journalist for AP.

5 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Anderson entering a press conference in Syria after his release in 1991By Jacqueline HowardBBC NewsTerry Anderson, a US journalist held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon's civil war, has died aged 76.

Anderson was the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) when he was captured by Islamist militants in 1985 during what became known as the Lebanon hostage crisis.

He died at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, following complications from heart surgery, his daughter said.

Sulome Anderson said he had found peace in recent years after the ordeal.

"He never liked to be called a hero, but that's what everyone persisted in calling him," she said.

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