Robert Campbell Eure, 50, died of a heart attack on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in Cairo, Egypt. An accomplished journalist, Rob spent some 11 years covering the General Assembly and Virginia politics for The Roanoke Times and the (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star. His home since 1994, Portland, Ore., where he was a staff writer for the Portland Oregonian, and then for The Wall Street Journal's Northwest Bureau. He began his reporting career at the weekly Culpeper News, and then worked as a reporter and editorial page editor of The Charlottesville Daily Progress. Beginning in 2002, Rob taught the principles and practices of ethical journalism and a free and responsible press to reporters and editors in places with little tradition of freedom of the press. He served extended tours in Afghanistan (twice), Georgia, Slovakia, and Ghana. He was particularly proud of having helped Afghani journalists develop the first independent news agency in that country, and he grew to love Afghanistan and its people. He was a Knight International Press Fellow and a Fellow of the International Center for Journalists. Since July, Rob had been conducting election coverage training in conjunction with Egypt's recent presidential election. Rob was born in Roanoke on November 6, 1954, a son of John W. Eure and the late Virginia Caroline Dickens Eure. In addition to his father, Rob is survived by his wife, M. Deane Bradshaw Eure; and daughter, Addie Taylor Eure of Portland, Ore.; Rob was a graduate of the University of Virginia and of Patrick Henry High School, where he was copresident of the senior class.
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Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920
Name Robert Campbell Eure
Birth Date 6 Nov 1954
Birth Place Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Certificate Number 1954077363

Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Name Robert Campbell Eure
Gender Male
Race White
Marriage Age 28
Birth Date 6 Nov 1954
Marriage Registration Place Orange, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date 30 Apr 1983
Marriage Place Orange, Virginia, USA
Father John Walter Eure
Mother Virginia Caroline Dickens
Spouse Margaret Deane Bradshaw
Certificate Number 1983014762

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name Robert Campbell Eure [Robert Eure]
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Date 6 Nov 1954
Birth Place Roanoke Roan, Virginia
Death Date 4 Oct 2005
Notes Oct 1966: Name listed as ROBERT CAMPBELL EURE; 21 Oct 2005: Name listed as ROBERT EURE