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Herbert Matthews

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American journalist (1900-1977)

United StatesJournalistsLived 1900 to 1977 · aged 77
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Herbert Lionel Matthews was a reporter and editorialist for The New York Times who won widespread attention after revealing that the 30-year-old Fidel Castro was still alive and living in the Sierra Maestra mountains.

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1956Maria Moors Cabot Prizes

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Herbert Lionel Matthews was a reporter and editorialist for The New York Times who won widespread attention after revealing that the 30-year-old Fidel Castro was still alive and living in the Sierra Maestra mountains. President Fulgencio Batista claimed publicly that the young guerrilla leader had been killed during the landing of the yacht Granma, bringing him and others back to Cuba from Mexico in December 1956.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1977 · aged 77
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8 languages

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