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    TRAILBLAZING ARMENIAN JOURNALIST PASSES AWAY
    By Richard Horgan

    mediabistro.com
    http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/armenian-talk-show-host-passes-away_b60532
    April 27 2012

    The very active expatriate journalism community in Glendale is mourning
    the loss this week of Armen Dilanyan, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday
    at age 56.

    Before coming to the U.S. in 2006 and establishing a daily political
    talk show on SoCal~Rs Horizon Armenian Television, Dilanyan built up a
    solid reputation working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

    Per an obituary on azatutyun.am, he was one of the first correspondents
    for the service in Armenia~Rs capital city of Yerevan and helped
    launch a local bureau after the territory gained independence in 1992:

    Armen Koloyan, a longtime member of RFE/RL~Rs Prague team, had worked
    with Dilanyan since the early 1990s. ~SWe colleagues called Armen
    Dilanyan ~QDilo~R because there were several Armens in our office
    and we had to tell them apart,~T he said.

    ~SOur Dilo would start the day with countless cigarettes and coffee
    and witty jokes,~T recalled Koloyan. ~SHe would then get down to
    business: daily news, commentary, serious and frank reports on the
    big world and political, economic and social developments in one of
    its small parts, Armenia.~T

    In recent years, Dilanyan also could be seen on the Armenian-Russian
    Television Network (ARTN). RIP.

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