Paul Conroy, a British war photojournalist who survived the 2012 attack in Homs, Syria, that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, died unexpectedly on Feb. 28, 2026. He was 61.
A freelance photographer and filmmaker, he was known for close-range reporting from conflict zones and for work documenting civilian harm and the risks faced by journalists in war.
Conroy was traveling with Colvin in February 2012 when a makeshift media center in Homs came under shelling. Colvin and Ochlik were killed. Conroy was severely wounded but survived, and later spoke publicly about the experience and efforts to extract him from the city.
A former Royal Artillery soldier, he drew on that background in interviews to describe the shelling pattern as consistent with deliberate targeting of the press. He also recounted the psychological burden of learning that others had died during attempts to get him out safely.
In later years, Conroy continued reporting and filmmaking from front-line conflicts, including work in Ukraine and plans for a documentary project about life in Kherson under shelling. He also wrote Under the Wire, his account of Colvin’s final assignment, which was adapted into a documentary of the same name.