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Name	John Richard Pilger
Born	9 October, 1939 Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 December, 2023 (aged 84) London, Middlesex, England
Cause of Death	pulmonary fibrosis
Education *	Bondi Public School (Sydney) (student) Sydney Boys' High School (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1958-1962) New South Wales, Australia human rights activist (1962-2023) Overseas journalist (1962-2020) Overseas war correspondent (1962-1995) Overseas
Awards	Journalist of the Year (Press Awards, UK) (recipient, 1967) Journalist of the Year (Press Awards, UK) (recipient, 1979) Emmy Award (recipient, 1991) Richard Dimbleby Award for Broadcasting Excellence (BAFTA) (recipient, 1991) Sydney Peace Prize (recipient, 2009) Order of Timor Leste (recipient, 2017) Melbourne Press Club Hall of Fame (recipient, 2018)
Workplaces *	Australian Consolidated Press (cadet) Sun (Sydney) newspaper (journalist) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1958-1962)

* Dates are approximate

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