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BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies after cancer fight
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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.She died on Tuesday evening at University College Hospital, London, following complications from the transplant.
'Brilliant record''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.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. She was the first reporter into Homs in Syria after the uprising in 2011, smuggled into town in the back of a car, and she was sentenced, in absentia, to seven years in jail in China for her reporting on Chinese gulags.
Tributes have started to flood in for the journalist, including these tweets from former Newsnight political editor Michael Crick and BBC newsreader Huw Edwards. She received the European Women of Achievement Award and won an Emmy for her reporting from North Korea. She was also awarded an MBE and CBE for her services to journalism.
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 was married to BBC producer Nick Guthrie and the couple had been living in Spain, where they ran a rural hotel.
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. Tributes have started to flood in for the journalist, including these tweets from Channel 4's political correspondent Michael Crick and BBC newsreader Huw Edwards.
Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor, described her as a "brilliant and indefatigable journalist", while the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet said she was a "brave journalist, kind colleague and wonderful person".
The BBC hosted an open day in June to encourage potential stem cell, or bone marrow, donors to come forward after Ms Lloyd-Roberts missed out on a transplant in May when a previous candidate failed a medical.