Death Summary: Faas died in Munich, Germany. He was 79.

Who was Horst Faas : Faas was a photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best known for his work during the Vietnam War. He joined the Associated Press (AP) in 1956, where he got the reputation of being a hard-news war photographe, covering Laos, Vietnam, Congo, and Algeria. In 1962 he became the AP's chief photographer of Southeast Asia.

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