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                      Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 7, 1995             TAG: 9512070091
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-2  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
                                             TYPE: NEWS OBIT

NOTED JOURNALIST JAMES RESTON DIES

James Reston of The New York Times, one of the giants of American journalism in the 20th century and twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, died Wednesday. He was 86.

The legendary Times columnist and Washington bureau chief covered national and international affairs for half a century.

Thomas Reston said his father died at home in Washington, D.C., of cancer after a long illness.

Reston was a brilliant reporter and graceful writer whose access to the top politicians of his time was second to none.

Among Reston's many accomplishments: he helped create the nation's first Op-Ed page in 1970.

- Associated Press

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