In 1966 he received the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from the Vietnam War, but it was not until 1991 that he truly became a household name, notes the AP news agency. When Western media fled Baghdad ahead of the Kuwait War, he stayed behind and broadcast live from his hotel room despite the bombs raining down on the city.
AP's Edith Lederer, a former colleague of Arnett's, describes him as a fearless storyteller with a knack for writing beautifully – a source of inspiration for future generations of journalists and historians.
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