Jerrold Kessel, 13 years of Mideast coverage
Ex-CNN reporter Jerrold Kessel dies
(Video) Longtime network Mideast correspondent who covered Israeli-Palestinian conflict, regional wars and peace efforts dies of cancer at 66
VIDEO - CNN says Jerrold Kessel, a longtime network Mideast correspondent who covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, regional wars and peace efforts, has died. He was 66.
CNN Jerusalem bureau chief Kevin Flower said Kessel died Thursday of cancer.
Kessel reporting in Hebrew ahead of 2006 elections
Kessel reported for CNN in Jerusalem from 1990-2003. His thick white beard and South African accent were immediately recognizable to viewers as he covered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Mideast violence and the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
After leaving CNN, Kessel co-produced independent TV programs, wrote a book about football and wrote a sports column for an Israeli newspaper.
Kessel's funeral will be Friday in central Israel. He is survived by his wife and a son.
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