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Gary Webb

American investigative journalist

1955 - 2004

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Webb is the 133rd most popular journalist, the 11,164th most popular biography from United States and the 32nd most popular American Journalist.

Gary Webb is most famous for his "Dark Alliance" series exposing alleged CIA links to the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles. A surprising fact is that he won a Pulitzer Prize earlier for a different investigative series on a corrupt California judge. His legacy endures through renewed scrutiny of government accountability and inspiring independent journalism on covert operations.

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Gary Webb shares a August 31 birthday with Commodus, Caligula, and Maria Montessori.

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Among Journalists

Among journalists, Gary Webb ranks 133 out of 196. Before him are Kenji Nagai, Carol Thatcher, Peter Jennings, Catherine Leroy, Sara Carbonero, and Margarita Simonyan. After him are Bogna Koreng, Peter Travers, Sydney Schanberg, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Vitaly Portnikov, and Dorothy Thompson.

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Among people born in 1955, Gary Webb ranks 521. Before him are Chiranjeevi, Francesco Nuti, Antonio Panzeri, Silvio Leonard, Roland Brückner, and William H. McRaven. After him are Heribert Weber, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Isidoro San José, Jim Neidhart, Alexandru Athanasiu, and András Törőcsik. Among people deceased in 2004, Gary Webb ranks 308. Before him are Bernice Rubens, Eleanor Holm, Jacek Kaczmarski, Bjarne Andersson, Charles Dumas, and Coxsone Dodd. After him are James Aloysius Hickey, Mikheil Korkia, Mulk Raj Anand, Nirupa Roy, Vilayat Khan, and Jerzy Klempel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Webb ranks 11,164 out of 20,380. Before him are William H. McRaven (1955), Andrew Vachss (1942), Claudio Reyna (1973), Deborah Raffin (1953), Kagney Linn Karter (1987), and John F. Seitz (1892). After him are Ellen Hansell (1869), Kenneth Bianchi (1951), Keith Andrews (1920), Corey Allen (1934), Brianna Hildebrand (1996), and Dennis Hastert (1942).

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Among Journalists In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Gary Webb ranks 32. Before him are Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Dan Rather (1931), Diane Sawyer (1945), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Geraldo Rivera (1943), and Steven Sotloff (1983). After him are Peter Travers (2000), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Dorothy Thompson (1893), Louis Fischer (1896), Megyn Kelly (1970), and Greg Burke (1959).

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