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The Independent UK
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Kathleen Ronayne and Janie Har

Pulitzer winning photographer who shot iconic 'Burst of Joy' dies at age 99

Obit Sal Veder - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Slava ‘Sal’ Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam, died Aug. 22. He was 99.

Veder’s family on Wednesday confirmed that the retired Associated Press photojournalist died in his sleep, just eight days shy of his 100th birthday, at his home in El Dorado County, California, outside of Sacramento.

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