The investigative journalist John Pilger has died at the age of 84
In a statement his family said
It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84. His journalism and documentaries were ce
lebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.“
Pilger came to prominence as a brilliant Daily Mirror journalist during the miners strikes of the early 70s. His reporting of the Vietnam war and the Khmer Rouge’s Year Zero were one of a kind.
