Journalist who, in 2002, was murdered by militants in Pakistan during his investigative reporting because he was an American Jew.
He worked as a waiter while he interned for a variety of newspapers.
He was beheaded by his kidnappers and his body was dismembered into 10 pieces.
His parents were named Ruth and Judea.
His widow wrote a memoir, which was later turned into a film starring Angelina Jolie.