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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 20:37
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PTI`s New York correspondent passed away

New York, Jul 30 (PTI) Dharam Shourie, PTI correspondent
at the United Nations, passed away here Thursday following a
brief period of illness.

Shourie, 72, was Editor of PTI before being posted to
the United Nations as its correspondent in 1989.

Family members said Shourie was ill for the past two
months and was in a hospital for over a fortnight. He died due
to multiple complications that developed in the last few days,
they said.

Born in Lahore on March 1, 1937, Shourie had his initial
education in Shimla and Ambala after his family moved to India
after partition. PTI

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