Veteran journalist Behr dies

British foreign correspondent and writer Edward Behr has died in France at the age of 81, his family said today.

Behr covered conflicts across the globe, from the French-Algerian conflict to the Vietnam War, for publications including Newsweek during a long career as a foreign correspondent.

His wide travels and reporting experiences inspired a number of books, including The Algerian Problem (1961), The Last Emperor (1987), Hirohito: Behind the Myth (1989) and Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite: The Rise and Fall of the Ceausescus (1991) about the now-fallen Romanian dictator and his wife.

He provided a telling look at his own trade with Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? (1981) a query reportedly called out by a British reporter looking for sources during a crisis in Congo.

The Paris-born Behr, who died in Paris, also had other interests that provided fodder for other books, including The Artful Eater (1993) and Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1996).

Behr is survived by his wife, Christian.