Rocco Morabito dies at 88; won Pulitzer Prize for photo

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Rocco Morabito dies at 88; won Pulitzer Prize for photo

Postby biggerry on Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:50 am

thats what I call being in the right place at the right time. RIP

His dramatic photograph, tagged "Kiss of Life" by a Jacksonville Journal copy editor, appeared in newspapers around the world in 1967. The photo showed an apprentice electrical lineman, R.G. Champion, who had come into contact with a 4,160-volt line, being resuscitated by a fellow lineman, J.D. Thompson, as he dangled from the top of the pole. Champion lived through the ordeal and died of heart failure in 2002. Thompson is still living.


http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/ ... 1276.story

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Re: Rocco Morabito dies at 88; won Pulitzer Prize for photo

Postby Matt. K on Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:27 pm

I remember that photo. It is timeless.
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Re: Rocco Morabito dies at 88; won Pulitzer Prize for photo

Postby biggerry on Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:51 pm

Matt. K wrote:I remember that photo. It is timeless.

I never recall seeing it, but sheesh, its a damn fine image.
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