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Name	Maxwell McCrohon
Born	19 June, 1928 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 December, 2004 (aged 76) Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Education *	Canterbury Boys' High (Sydney) (student, 1940-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1948-1951) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1952-1955) Overseas journalist (1956-1958) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1958-1969) Overseas newspaper editor (1969-1983) Overseas newspaper executive (1983-1999) Overseas
Workplaces *	Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (journalist, 1948-1955) Sun-Herald (newspaper) (Sydney) (journalist, 1956-1958)

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