( CNN ) A veteran journalist and former CNN great has passed away . Stuart Loory , 82 , died Friday in his home in Brooklyn , New York , after battling cancer . In addition to working as a correspondent , Loory oversaw CNN bureaus in Washington and Moscow . He later became a vice president of Turner Broadcasting System . But it hardly sums up his life , which was about following his passion for a good story to various points on the map . `` Stu was an excellent journalist and a great friend , '' CNN founder Ted Turner said Saturday . `` He was instrumental in helping to launch the first Goodwill Games in Moscow , a loyal executive and leader at 'CNN World Report ' and , of course , was well-known as one of the finest bureau chiefs at CNN , running the first Washington , D.C. bureau and later opening the Moscow bureau . He will be sorely missed . '' `` He was the consummate journalist , '' said his son , Josh Loory , who also became a news producer . Stuart Loory got his start in the mid-1950s as a newspaper reporter at the Newark Evening News , which is no longer in print . In 1958 , he moved to Vienna , Austria , on a Pulitzer travel fellowship , and took the family with him , his son said . Josh was 3 months old then . In the course of his father 's career , he would attend eight different schools in 12 years as they hopped between Moscow , Washington , New York , Chicago and Atlanta . `` The people that he knew and the circles that he traveled in were absolutely amazing , '' his son said . Josh Loory remembers sailing with former Secretary of State and diplomacy icon Henry Kissinger . Before coming to CNN , Loory ran various operations for major daily newspapers . He reported on the White House for the Los Angeles Times . `` He covered the end of the ( Lyndon ) Johnson administration and the ( Richard ) Nixon administration , '' his son said . `` Loory was included on ( Richard ) Nixon 's 'enemies list ' of political opponents , '' according to his biography on the website of the University of Missouri , where he taught from 1997 on after leaving CNN . He had a passion for science , which he wrote about at The New York Times . `` He covered every manned space flight from Mercury through Gemini , '' his son said . Later , Loory covered NASA space shuttle flights for CNN . Before making the switch to TV journalism for CNN in 1980 , he was managing editor of the Chicago Sun-Times . CNN sent him back to Moscow . Former CNN News Group Chairman Tom Johnson said , `` He never backed away from asking heads of state the most difficult questions . I saw that firsthand in White House press conferences with President Johnson , and in the Kremlin with both Presidents Gorbachev and Yeltsin . `` Stuart was instrumental in obtaining exclusive CNN coverage with Russian television as President Gorbachev resigned from office . He also was instrumental in arranging exclusive CNN-Russian television‎ 's first interview with Boris Yeltsin after Yeltsin took office . '' In the bitter cold of Moscow , Loory once reported wearing a huge hat and received a message telling him he 'd look better if he left it off . Loory answered with a funny TV report advocating for his giant , bushy Russian fur hat . Loory faced danger on the job , as when he covered the civil rights movement in Alabama in the 1960s . `` In Montgomery , he witnessed the beating the Freedom Riders got , '' said another son , Adam Loory . `` He said someone helped him get away from the melee by saying , 'Take off your tie and glasses and follow me . ' When he realized he was leaving the scene , he said , 'Take me back , I have to follow the story . ' Back at the bus station , he found John Lewis on the ground bleeding and helped get him to a hospital . '' Josh Loory said his father was a family man -- and an all-round journalist . He wanted to look out for the downtrodden , Josh Loory said . `` He liked to shine the light of the media where it needed to be shined . '' He is survived by his wife and three children . People we 've lost in 2015 .
Ted Turner says Stuart Loory was an excellent journalist . Loory covered Johnson , Nixon , early manned space flights . He was a Moscow correspondent twice , once for CNN .