Barbara Stephens (journalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Barbara Stephens (journalist)

American journalist

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, United States

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1947

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Barbara Stephens (journalist)

  • Barbara Stephens (August 30, 1922 – July 31, 1947) was a young American journalist who died in a mysterious plane crash in Xinjiang province, China in 1947.
  • Stephens was investigating the Kuomintang treatment of ethnic minorities in the province when in 1947 she traveled to Ili to report on the Soviet backed Second East Turkestan Republic.
  • That year she was killed in the plane crash on a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing that also took the life of a Chinese general and the son of a British member of Parliament.

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