Gloria Emerson was an American author, journalist and New York Times war correspondent.
13 Facts About Gloria Emerson
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Gloria Emerson wrote four books, in addition to articles for Esquire, Harper's, Vogue, Playboy, Saturday Review and Rolling Stone.
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In 1956 Gloria Emerson began writing for newspapers, mostly freelancing for The New York Times, while living in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam.
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In 1960 Emerson quit to marry Charles A Brofferio, the couple moved to Brussels, Belgium but divorced the following year.
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Gloria Emerson was re-hired by The New York Times in 1964 to cover fashion in Paris.
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Gloria Emerson transferred to the paper's London bureau in 1968 where she covered the start of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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In December 1969, Gloria Emerson conducted a contentious and heated interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the headquarters of Apple Records in London.
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In 1970, Gloria Emerson convinced the paper to transfer her to Saigon.
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Gloria Emerson reported on the suffering of the Vietnamese people.
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Gloria Emerson tried to understand the demarcation point existing between American men and women regarding duty and the facing of certain death.
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Gloria Emerson was married to Charles A Brofferio from 1960 to 1961.
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On her application to The New York Times in 1957, Gloria Emerson described herself as a widow, giving her married name as Znamiecki.
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Unable to contemplate a future in which she could not write, Gloria Emerson died by suicide on August 3,2004.