Bo Holmström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bo Holmström

Swedish TV reporter, writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1938

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 13-Oct-2017

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Bo Eric Holmström (18 October 1938 – 12 October 2017) was a Swedish journalist, reporter and author.
He worked as a reporter both for SVT and TV4.
He was the Swedish reporter covering the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973 and the West German Embassy siege in 1975.
On 11 September 2003 he was the first reporter to announce in media that Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had died from injuries sustained after an attack earlier that same day.
He was reporting from Karolinska hospital for TV4.
In 2007 he was awarded the Stora journalistpriset for his journalism work.
In 2015 he was awarded an honorary Kristallen at the Kristallen awards.In 2016, gangrene in his leg led to its amputation.
He spent his last year at a nursing home in Vagnhärad and died on 12 October 2017, 6 days before his 79th birthday.