On 30 October 2020, Fisk died aged 74 at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, after a suspected stroke. The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins reacted by saying "with his passing the world of journalism and informed commentary on the Middle East has lost one of its finest commentators" and the Taoiseach Micheál Martin stated that "he was fearless and independent in his reporting, with a deeply researched understanding of the complexities of the Middle East, eastern history and politics". John Pilger said "Robert Fisk has died. I pay warmest tribute to one of the last great reporters. The weasel word 'controversial' appears in even his own paper, "The Independent", whose pages he honoured. He went against the grain and told the truth, spectacularly. Journalism has lost the bravest."