[Devotay]

NEW YORK (AP) -- R.W. Apple Jr., the longtime New York Times correspondent who charted the fall of Richard Nixon and covered wars from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf while having a parallel career as a food and travel writer, died Wednesday. He was 71.

Apple died in Washington early Wednesday after a long bout with thoracic cancer, the newspaper said.

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Sadly I remember him best for some disparraging comments about the Heartland and its food, but he was a great writer and a true professional. He will be sorely missed.

[Suzanne]

Indeed. He was one of the scholars-in-residence at last year's International Association of Culinary Professionals, and just radiated curiosity about EVERYTHING