BBC world news giant Hanrahan dies

Brian Hanrahan, one of the BBC's top world affairs reporters of the past 30 years, has died at the age of 61, the corporation annnounced Monday. He had cancer Hanrahan covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Falklands War, the Tiananmen Square massacre, the rise of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the assassination of Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
He also reported from conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo and the Middle East while at the BBC. In Britain, he was best-known for his coverage of the 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina, in particular his memorable way of getting round Ministry of Defence reporting restrictions.