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You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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