# Celebrity Death Pool 2014

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Mike O’Connor, Advocate for Mexican Journalists, Dies at 67.  
Mike O’Connor, a longtime foreign correspondent who had worked in recent years to protect journalists in Mexico, died on Sunday in Mexico City. He was 67.  
His death was confirmed by the Committee to Protect Journalists, where he worked as the representative for Mexico. He died from a fatal heart attack while sleeping in his apartment, according to the Los Angeles Times.

> **[Mike O’Connor, Journalists’ Advocate, Dies at 67 (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/world/americas/mike-oconnor-advocate-for-mexican-journalists-dies-at-67.html?_r=0)**
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> Mr. O’Connor, a veteran war correspondent, became an advocate for threatened journalists in Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the press.

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