Australian Olympic historian Harry Gordon dies

THE Australian Olympic historian, war correspondent and newspaper editor, Harry Gordon, has died aged 89. Once one of Australia’s youngest war reporters, Gordon was 24 when he was sent to cover the Korean War in 1950. Over a long career,

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Australian Olympic historian Harry Gordon dies

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