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Sadly, plenty of them are probably dead.

Best thing I remember him writing was from Beruit when he was on The Times. They printed his cable verbatim, including the commentary he was giving about ducking under the desk as shells flew by.

Yeah, he broke the news of the Sabra & Shatila massacres whilst he was at the Times. Here's why he left the Times (piece includes interesting details about what it's like to work for a Murdoch paper):

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/robert-fisk-why-i-had-to-leave-the-times-2311569.html