lungs and spine. He underwent surgery, but died of a heart attack some hours later. Reactions Blundy was well regarded in the journalistic community. He was considered a "reporter's reporter" with a demeanor that intimidated colleagues. He was knowledgeable, successful, and admired. His death brought the number of journalist deaths to 31 in the 10-year civil war in El Salvador. David Blundy Award The David Blundy Award is £500 award given to a reporter living abroad who is not a member of a British newspaper when their articles are published. Reporters must submit a minimum of two articles and a maximum of five. The award is used to encourage freelance journalists whose work is vital to foreign coverage in British Newspapers. It is supported by the three newspapers that Blundy worked: The Sunday Correspondent, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. Books The Last Paragraph. The Journalism of David Blundy (1990) edited by Anthony Holden Qaddhafi and the Libyan Revolution (1987) with Andrew Lycett With Geldof in Africa (1985) with Paul Vallely and Frank Herrmann. Further reading See also Anna Blundy References External links Newseum's online exhibit for David Blundy Further reading External links 1945 births 1989 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English male journalists English war correspondents Journalists killed while covering the Salvadoran Civil War People educated at the City of London School