NEWS: Eddie Adams, Photographer, Dead at 71, page 1

Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame - photo of a Viet Cong being executed in 1968 is one of Adams' most recognizable photos - died at his Manhattan home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

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"Eddie Adams was an enormous talent and an inspiration to generations of AP photographers and staffers. His courage and creativity left a mark that will live forever," said AP President and CEO Tom Curley.

In addition to his photographs of 13 wars, Adams' images of politics, fashion and show business appeared on countless magazine covers and in newspapers around the world.

Adams caught the instant of death in a photo that made front pages around the world. It would became one of the Vietnam's War's most indelible images, shocking the American public and used by critics to dispute official claims that the war was being won.

In later years, Adams found himself so defined -- and haunted -- by the picture that he would not display it at his studio. He also felt it unfairly maligned Loan, who lived in Virginia after the war and died in 1998.

Adams won a 1969 Pulitzer Prize for the Saigon execution picture, among the more than 500 honors he received in his career, including a 1978 Robert Capa Award and three George Polk Memorial Awards for war coverage.

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This man was a hero, one of the best photographers of his time.

Let him Rest in Peace.

Eddie Adams, 1992

Eddies most recognizable pictures, a Viet Cong being executed.

R.I.P. Eddie Adams

[edit on 20-9-2004 by Banshee]