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Simon Haydon, ex-AP international sports editor, dies at 64

by Rob Harris
| November 24, 2020 1:08 PM

LONDON (AP) — Simon Haydon, who shaped The Associated Press’ coverage of World Cups and Olympics as international sports editor and reported on landmark news events while traveling the world as a correspondent, including the downfall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died. He was 64.

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