Mourners said a solemn farewell to slain journalist Marie Colvin as her family, friends, and colleagues gathered Monday to remember a woman they say gave a voice to those who could not speak for themselves. Colvin, 56, an Oyster Bay, New York, native and veteran correspondent who worked for London's The Sunday Times, was killed last month in Syria while trying to get her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack in the besieged city of Homs, her paper reported. "She was an outstanding reporter, she went all over the world, she covered a lot of wars," Sunday Times Editor John Witherow told reporters after her funeral service. "She took tremendous risks and what she did she thought was very important."
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Marie Colvin, 56, was killed last month during the shelling of Homs, Syria
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"She was an outstanding reporter ... she covered a lot of wars," John Witherow says
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The Tamil people admire her reporting Colvin during the Sri Lankan civil war, an official says
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