"She was quirky, the sort who excused herself from a social gathering by saying she had to wash her socks."

March 21, 2010 1:13 PM

"I would have liked to think I'd have gone out with a bit more flair." Margaret Moth, CNN photojournalist, has died of colon cancer at 59.

An October 2009 Here and Now interview with Moth (starts 5 minutes into the show) regarding Fearless, a 2009 CNN documentary about Moth's life.

posted by oinopaponton (21 comments total)

Wow. What a life. I wish I had heard of her before her death.

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posted by clockworkjoe at 1:30 PM on March 21, 2010 [3 favorites]

Thanks for this, and what clockworkjoe said.
posted by languagehat at 1:43 PM on March 21, 2010

Amazing story. It's sad we don't know more about people like her.

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posted by pjern at 1:46 PM on March 21, 2010

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posted by Blue Jello Elf at 1:47 PM on March 21, 2010

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posted by longsleeves at 2:03 PM on March 21, 2010

What a fucking rock star.

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posted by Madamina at 2:14 PM on March 21, 2010 [3 favorites]

The documentary is on Youtube, unsurprisingly.
posted by tapeguy at 2:16 PM on March 21, 2010

Forget that, it's the same video as in the OP's final link.
posted by tapeguy at 2:19 PM on March 21, 2010

Yeah, I hadn't heard of her till this morning, but I really wish I had.

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posted by brundlefly at 2:27 PM on March 21, 2010

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We breed them tough here. New Zealand Herald obit.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 2:32 PM on March 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

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posted by litleozy at 4:23 PM on March 21, 2010

Always smile when I hear about someone who lived their life not being a sheep.
posted by Senator at 4:56 PM on March 21, 2010

Is that some sort of crude NZ joke?
posted by cmyr at 5:00 PM on March 21, 2010

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posted by humanfont at 5:36 PM on March 21, 2010

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posted by lapolla at 6:37 PM on March 21, 2010

Someone else who was given a movie camera when he was 8 years old.
posted by arzakh at 6:39 PM on March 21, 2010

What a remarkable woman. Kudos to her and her memory.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 8:17 PM on March 21, 2010

She sounds simply amazing. I wish I had even a quarter of the drive that kept her moving through such as astounding life. Condolences to her friends and family.
posted by dejah420 at 8:34 PM on March 21, 2010

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posted by From Bklyn at 1:54 AM on March 22, 2010

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Where ever she is now, I bet there's a lot of happy cats.
posted by MexicanYenta at 9:14 AM on March 22, 2010

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posted by phogirl at 8:49 PM on March 22, 2010