John Holliman
John Holliman ( October 23, 1948 - September 12, 1998 ) was an American journalist .
Holliman was one of the founding reporters of CNN and started working there in 1980 as an agricultural correspondent . He became known worldwide in January 1991 when he was one of three Western journalists in Baghdad (together with Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett ) who commented on the outbreak of the first Gulf War live for CNN. He later focused on space reporting. It was intended for coverage of the return of John Glenn to space when he died in a car accident near his home in the suburbs of Atlanta .
In May 1999, the US space agency NASA named their press auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center after Holliman.
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| SURNAME | Holliman, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1948 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1998 |