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Giorgos Koiliaris dies after Afghan car crash

Greek TV war correspondent Giorgos Koiliaris has died from injuries he suffered in a car crash in Afghanistan last month,
Giorgos Koiliaris had worked for several newspapers and radio stations before he started working for the NET broadcaster. The 53-year-old specialized in reporting on wars from around the globe, beginning in Lebanon in the 1980s. The journalists' union said Sunday that Koiliaris died in an Athens hospital late Saturday. He was seriously injured in the road accident on Oct.8 and was evacuated to Abu Dhabi and then Greece. link