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Flower power photographer dies

Photographer Bernie Boston has died at his home after a long battle with amyloidosis, a rare blood disease. He was 74. His flower power picture was a Pulitzer Prize runner up. Among several honors, "Flower Power" was named No. 30 on a list of the 100 greatest war photos of all times,
Bob Brown, a senior photographer at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, said of the photo, "In that one moment in time, he captured both sides of the argument. God knows how many photographers were covering that event, but Bernie just summed up the whole event and the whole era in that one push of the button." link