Mika Yamamoto Death
Mika passed away on August 20, 2012 at the age of 45 in Aleppo, Syria.
When did Mika Yamamoto die?
August 20, 2012How old was Mika Yamamoto when died?
45Where did Mika Yamamoto die? What was the location of death?
Aleppo, Syria
Mika Yamamoto Birthday and Date of Death
Mika Yamamoto was born on May 26, 1967 and died on August 20, 2012. Mika was 45 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 26, 1967
Date of Death: August 20, 2012
Age at Death: 45
Mika Yamamoto - Biography
Mika Yamamoto (山本 美香, Yamamoto Mika) (26 May 1967 – 20 August 2012) was an award-winning Japanese video and photo journalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the ongoing Syrian civil war in Aleppo, Syria. She was the first Japanese and fourth foreign journalist killed in the Syrian civil war that began in March 2011. She was also the fifteenth journalist killed in Syria in 2012. Yamamoto was a recipient of the Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial Prize of the Japanese Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association for her reporting of international affairs in 2004.
