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Jan 11
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 Charles Tasnadi, photo by Kevin Wolf Remembering Charles Tasnadi  It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of photojournalist Charles Tasnadi, who died January 10 while in hospice care in Washington, DC. Tasnadi, a refugee from Communist Hungary in 1951, was an accomplished photographer who in his early years worked as a stringer for Time-Life before an illustrious 32-year career with the Associated Press, where he took some of AP’s most famous images of American leaders and historial political events. In 1996 the WHNPA honored Charlie with a Lifetime Achievement in Photojournalism award.  ”Chivalry, professionalism, and selfless dedication were Tasnadi’s hallmarks,” said WHNPA business director Heidi Elswick “The epitome of a photojournalist and a gentleman, he documented seven White House administrations and traveled to Cuba more than 40 times, gaining extraordinary access to Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials.” Additional information and funeral arrangements will be posted on the WHNPA in memoriam page, as it becomes available. SERVICES TUESDAY 1/15/08 at NOON St. Ann Church 4400 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016 (202) 966-6288 ex. 10The church is on the corner of Wisconsin Ave and YumaThere will be a private internment following the funeral mass   Flowers may be sent to the church, St. AnnAnd/or Contributions made in Charlie’s name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.Memorial and Honor ProgramSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital501 St. Jude PlaceMemphis, TN 38105This is the link to print out the form:http://www.stjude.org/SJFile/MemHonorForm.pdfThis is a link for electronic online contributions:http://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=10195 View some of Charlie’s best-known works in this early WHNPA  member gallery web feature, which includes the iconic image of Lyndon Johnson showing off his scar, as well as images of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton. View a slideshow (14 images) and AP remembrance on newsvine.com:http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/11/1220099-tasnadi-storied-ap-photographer-dies  Read the remembrance on the NPPA website

 Charles Tasnadi, photo by Kevin Wolf

Remembering Charles Tasnadi 

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of photojournalist Charles Tasnadi, who died January 10 while in hospice care in Washington, DC. Tasnadi, a refugee from Communist Hungary in 1951, was an accomplished photographer who in his early years worked as a stringer for Time-Life before an illustrious 32-year career with the Associated Press, where he took some of AP’s most famous images of American leaders and historial political events. In 1996 the WHNPA honored Charlie with a Lifetime Achievement in Photojournalism award.

 ”Chivalry, professionalism, and selfless dedication were Tasnadi’s hallmarks,” said WHNPA business director Heidi Elswick “The epitome of a photojournalist and a gentleman, he documented seven White House administrations and traveled to Cuba more than 40 times, gaining extraordinary access to Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials.”

Additional information and funeral arrangements will be posted on the WHNPA in memoriam page, as it becomes available.

SERVICES

 TUESDAY 1/15/08 at NOON
 St. Ann Church
 4400 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.
 Washington, D.C.  20016
 (202) 966-6288 ex. 10

The church is on the corner of Wisconsin Ave and Yuma

There will be a private internment following the  funeral mass
 
Flowers may be sent to the church, St. Ann
And/or Contributions made in Charlie’s name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Memorial and Honor Program
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105

This is the link to print out the form:
http://www.stjude.org/SJFile/MemHonorForm.pdf

This is a link for electronic online contributions:
http://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=10195


View some of Charlie’s best-known works in this early WHNPA  member gallery web feature, which includes the iconic image of Lyndon Johnson showing off his scar, as well as images of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton.

View a slideshow (14 images) and AP remembrance on newsvine.com:
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/11/1220099-tasnadi-storied-ap-photographer-dies

 Read the remembrance on the NPPA website