
PAUL CONROY:
‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’
John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February
No surprises for who stole the show at last October’s ‘Vladimir Putin: Do Fuck Off!’ Festival in Kyiv.
War photographer Paul Conroy answered a question about drones from the former British diplomat Arthur Snell in his trademark guttural Scouse.
“Ironically, with all of this hi-tech development, when you spend time down in the grey zone, turns out one of the best defences against these super-hi-tech machines is a 12-gauge shotgun,” he said. “We need the British aristocracy down in Kramatorsk with some pâté and some Pimm’s. The skies would be clear in a week.”
Paul, who died on 28 February from a heart attack, aged 61, was the funniest, most beautiful man to be in hell with, bar none.
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