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Marie Colvin: Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch

Rosemarie Colvin Dept: OYSTER BAY, N.Y. - Journalist Marie Colvin was remembered Monday as a fearless seeker of truth by mourners from media mogul Rupert Murdoch to the immigrants who counted on her dispatches from their strife-ridden homelands to make a difference in global policy, according to Winnipeg Free Press. And when her casket emerged from at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church after her funeral Mass, a group of Sri Lankan immigrants held a placard dubbing her the "uncrowned queen of intrepid journalists." Rosemarie Colvin, right, mother of Marie Colvin, is embraced by a mourner as they arrive for the funeral service for journalist Colvin, Monday, March 12, 2012 at St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church in Oyster Bay, N.Y. The 56-year-old Colvin was a longtime reporter for Britain's Sunday Times. She and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed Feb. 22 in shelling in Homs, Syria. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan A huge American flag was suspended over Main Street in Oyster Bay, the quiet oceanside town where the 56-year-old New York native grew up and decided to become a reporter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.