Researching Marie Colvin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1038 people with the Colvin surname? In that year Colvin was ranked number 2555 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Marie means "Form of MARY. bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1538 people with the Colvin surname in the UK? Colvin is now ranked number 2658 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Marie Colvin
Marie Colvin
Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985 until her death. She died while covering the siege of Homs in Syria.
After her death, Stony Brook University established the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting in her honor. Her family also established the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund through the Long Island Community Foundation, which strives to give donations in Marie's name in honor of her humanitarianism.
In July 2016, lawyers representing Colvin's family filed a civil action against the government of the Syrian Arab Republic claiming they had obtained proof that the Syrian government had directly ordered her assassination, leading to a judge finding the Syrian government guilty of her assassination in early 2019, awarding Colvin's family $302 million in damages.
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