A narrow January 1966 near miss—when bullets struck a map inches from his head—and his decision to preserve Saigon bureau papers highlight the danger and historical value of Peter Arnett's reporting after the Pulitzer Prize winner died in Newport Beach following a short hospice stay and a battle with prostate cancer.Arnett rose from the Southland Times in New Zealand to international prominence at the Associated Press, where his Vietnam coverage won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting and he stayed in Saigon until the fall of the city.He later joined CNN in 1981, gained fame for live reporting from Baghdad during the first Gulf War, conducted exclusive interviews with Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, faced controversies including a retracted sarin report and a 1999 exit from CNN, taught at Shantou University and is survived by his wife Nina Nguyen and their children Elsa and Andrew.