"Veteran journalist dies at 73 in Istanbul
Veteran Turkish journalist Ahmet Vardar died of pancreatic cancer Thursday at the age of 73 in a hospital in Istanbul.
Vardar worked at various media outlets starting in 1959 and retired from daily Vatan two years ago. He kept writing his column until he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer almost four months ago, the NTV news Web site reported Friday."
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