21 Sep Don Harris
Killed with two other journalists and U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., at the Port Kaituma airstrip outside Jonestown, the home of a religious sect led by Jim Jones. The group was investigating rumors of torture, kidnapping, and other offenses by the sect, known as the Peoples Temple. An award-winning correspondent, he had worked for television stations in several U.S. cities and was stationed in southeast Asia for a year with his network.