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BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies | BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies |
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BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts, who was suffering from leukaemia, has died, her husband has said. | BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts, who was suffering from leukaemia, has died, her husband has said. |
Ms Lloyd-Roberts, who had acute myeloid leukaemia, received a stem cell transplant over the summer. | Ms Lloyd-Roberts, who had acute myeloid leukaemia, received a stem cell transplant over the summer. |
A correspondent for BBC News, she had run a public appeal to find a donor and had been keeping a video diary of her struggle for the BBC. | A correspondent for BBC News, she had run a public appeal to find a donor and had been keeping a video diary of her struggle for the BBC. |
In her most recent blog entry, from 21 August, she said she had pneumonia and was confined to bed. | In her most recent blog entry, from 21 August, she said she had pneumonia and was confined to bed. |
She died on Tuesday evening at University College Hospital, London, following complications from the transplant. | |
'Brilliant record' | |
Ms Lloyd-Roberts, who had also worked for ITN, reported on events in Syria, Burma and North Korea among many others, and campaigned for human rights. | |
She was married to BBC producer Nick Guthrie and the couple had been living in Spain, where they ran a rural hotel. | |
Tributes have started to flood in for the journalist, including these tweets from former Newsnight political editor Michael Crick and BBC newsreader Huw Edwards. | |
The BBC held an open day in June for anyone aged 16-30 to join the register of the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan Trust. | |
Ms Lloyd Roberts had expected a stem-cell transplant to take place in May, but the would-be donor failed medical tests and the operation was cancelled. |