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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caleb Jones

Associated Press photographer Elise Amendola, who documented decades of sports and news, dies at 70

© 2015 Harvard University, permission granted

Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who masterfully photographed pivotal global news and sporting events spanning decades — has died. She was 70.

Amendola, who recently retired from the AP, died Thursday at her home in North Andover, Massachusetts, after a 13-year battle with ovarian cancer, her wife and fellow photographer Mary Schwalm said Friday.

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