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Rest in peace: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille died in Thursday. Photo: Julia Ewan/Washington Post

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Michel du Cille took this photo of Esther Tokpah in September in Monrovia, Liberia. The 11-year-old had lost both her parents to Ebola. Photo: Michel du Cille/Washington Post

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.

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"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

A view of the Atlantic Ocean is seen from the roof of a home in the Capitol Hill area of Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: Michel du Cille/Washington Post

After serving as The Post's director of photography for several years, du Cille returned to the field in 2012 as a full-time photojournalist, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan and other African countries to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013.

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December 12, 2014, 8:59 AM Last updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 1:54 PM

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

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Three time Pulitzer Prize winner, Michel du Cille died Thursday Dec. 11, 2014 while on assignment chronicling Ebola patients and their caretakers for the Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

After serving as The Post's director of photography for several years, du Cille returned to the field in 2012 as a full-time photojournalist, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan and other African countries to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013.

He was renowned among journalists for his ability to peer inside the cauldron of crisis to portray the dignity and sorrow of human struggle. He believed journalists had a responsibility to show the raw truth of any situation.

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Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, dies at 58

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REST IN PEACE: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille died in Thursday.

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Michel du Cille/Washington Post

Michel du Cille took this photo of Esther Tokpah in September in Monrovia, Liberia. The 11-year-old had lost both her parents to Ebola.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Documenting with dignity in the Ebola zone, by Michel du Cille

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

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Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille dead at 58

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for the Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed after returning from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working with Post reporter Justin Jouvenal. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away, but died of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined the Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of military veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He became the Post's director of photography in 2007, but returned to the field full time in 2012. He was known for his ability to portray humanity even in dire circumstances.

He was married to Post photographer Nikki Kahn and had two children from a previous marriage.

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron issued the following statement:

"I am deeply saddened to report that Michel du Cille died Thursday afternoon while in Liberia documenting the tragedy of Ebola.

"Michel collapsed during a strenuous hike on the way back from a village where he and Justin Jouvenal were reporting. He remained unconscious, and was taken to a nearby clinic, where he had difficulty breathing. He was then transported to Phebe hospital, two hours away, where he was declared dead by doctors.

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michel's wife and fellow Post photographer Nikki Kahn, and his two children."

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Michel du Cille, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, dies at 58

By Matt Schudel December 11

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberias Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Mr. du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for an investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia, Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspapers staff.

We are all heartbroken, he continued. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the worlds most accomplished photographers.

Michel du Cille was asked to make some remarks about his experiences covering Ebola in Liberia to share with his colleagues. This was filmed in Ethiopia while Michel was at a photo conference. He passed away in Liberia on Thursday, Dec. 11. (The Washington Post)

Mr. du Cille served as The Posts director of photography and as an assistant managing editor for several years before returning to the field as a full-time shooter, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. He was renowned among journalists for his ability to look inside a crisis and find enduring portraits of sorrow, dignity and perseverance.

His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013. He covered civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s before returning to west Africa this year to cover the Ebola outbreak.

In Liberia, Mr. du Cille wore full-body protective gear and operated his cameras through heavy rubber gloves. He photographed the stricken patients, but he also managed to convey the emotional toll of the disease on victims families.

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Michel du Cille, Post photojournalist who won Pulitzer three times, dies at 58

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Washington, Dec 11 (PTI) The US is facing a tough time to defend its human rights record which is being questioned by many countries, including some of its allies, following the release of a damaging report on CIA's detention and interrogation programmes.

Top US government officials including President Obama have acknowledged having made mistakes with lawmakers conceding that some of the interrogation techniques amount to torture.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday said the CIA interrogation techniques were a violation of international laws while countries like China and Iran have slammed the US for its human rights violation.

Putting a brave front, both the White House and the State Department asserted that it stood by its human rights record and would continue to strongly take up the human rights issues of countries across the globe.

"If the US moral authority had been substantially diminished, we would not have had so much success in building a coalition of more than 60 countries, including many Muslim majority countries in the Middle East joining us in the fight against ISIL. So, we've made substantial progress," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the US had lost its moral authority.

"The president did take these steps in early 2009 to put in place a task force that later in 2009 announced significant reforms to the way that US personnel interrogate and detain individuals that happen to be in the custody of the United States government," he said.

He said the President was very clear in outlawing unequivocal techniques substantially rebuilt US' credibility and moral authority around the globe.

"We have evidence that this effect is having an impact on our ability to protect American national security interests around the globe," Earnest said.

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US allies question its human rights post-CIA report

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Dec. 11 while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed after returning from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working with Post reporter Justin Jouvenal. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but died of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of military veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He became The Post's director of photography in 2007 but returned to the field as a full-time photojournalist in 2012. He was known for his ability to portray humanity even in dire circumstances.

He was married to Post photographer Nikki Kahn and had two children from a previous marriage.

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron issued the following statement to The Post's staff:

"I am deeply saddened to report that Michel du Cille died Thursday afternoon while in Liberia documenting the tragedy of Ebola.

"Michel collapsed during a strenuous hike on the way back from a village where he and Justin Jouvenal were reporting. He remained unconscious, and was taken to a nearby clinic, where he had difficulty breathing. He was then transported to Phebe hospital, two hours away, where he was declared dead by doctors.

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michel's wife and fellow Post photographer Nikki Kahn, and his two children.

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Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia

Michel du Cille, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose compassionate pictures captured the human cost of war, natural disasters, disease and broken government programs, died Thursday in Liberia while covering the Ebola epidemic for the Washington Post. He was 58.

Du Cille collapsed while walking back from a village where he had been taking photos. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said his wife, Post photographer Nikki Kahn. The cause appears to have been a heart attack, she said.

The photojournalist had recently returned to Liberia after a four-week break. One of his most powerful pictures was of an 11-year-old girl with tears streaming down her face who lost both parents to the disease ravaging much of West Africa.

"I've had my moments when I had to check my emotions," du Cille said recently in filmed comments he made at a conference in Ethiopia. "But I use those emotions to make sure that I'm telling the story in the right way. To make sure I'm using my sense of respect, my sense of dignity, to show images to the world."

Getty Images staff photographer Chip Somodevilla, who is based in the Washington, D.C., area, said what made du Cille's pictures stand out was his ability to empathize with his subjects.

"The reason his photographs had such an appeal for photographers and non-photographers, alike," Somodevilla said, "was the immediate and apparent compassion for his subjects. He felt it was his job to make sure that when you saw his photos, you knew exactly what the subjects were feeling, whether desperate, sad or joyful."

Du Cille's first Pulitzer came in 1986 at the Miami Herald. It was for news photos taken of devastation in the wake of a volcano eruption in Colombia.

In 1988, while still at the Herald, he won his second Pulitzer for depicting devastation of a different kind the effect that the crack cocaine epidemic had on a low-income housing project.

Du Cille visited the project for weeks without a camera. "I want them to get to know me as a person," he once said, according to an essay on Time magazine's website. "First comes trust, then the work."

His third Pulitzer, shared with a team at the Post in 2008, was for an investigative project that exposed the inadequate care wounded veterans were receiving at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Du Cille, who sometimes sneaked his camera into the facility in a gym bag, showed not only the frustration of long-suffering patients, but also the grimy living conditions they had to endure.

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