David Hume Kennerly

Photographer

Birthday March 9, 1947

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Birthplace Roseburg, OR

Age 77 years old

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About

Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who took pictures of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, and East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta.

Before Fame

He became a staff photographer for The Oregon Journal right out of high school.

Trivia

He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs taken of the Vietnam War.

Family Life

He had two sons with his third wife Rebecca Soladay, who he married in 1994.

Associated With

He took some of the last photos of Sen. Robert Kennedy as he declared victory in the California presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel, where he was murdered moments later.