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Fernand Auberjonois (25 September 1910 – 27 August 2004) was a Swiss-American journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade. Throughout most of the Cold War, Auberjonois was one of the most admired American reporters based in London. From 1956 until his formal retirement in 1983 and after, he covered many of the world's biggest news stories. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. and served on secret assignments, including setting up radio transmissions for the Allies to divert the German's attention from the real invasion site on D-Day. From World War II through the Cold War, he worked for many print organizations, and also for NBC and Voice of America.

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  • Fernand Auberjonois (* 25. September 1910 in Valeyres-sous-Montagny; † 27. August 2004 in , County Cork, Irland) war ein Schweizer Journalist und Schriftsteller. (de)
  • Fernand Auberjonois (25 September 1910 – 27 August 2004) was a Swiss-American journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade. Throughout most of the Cold War, Auberjonois was one of the most admired American reporters based in London. From 1956 until his formal retirement in 1983 and after, he covered many of the world's biggest news stories. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. and served on secret assignments, including setting up radio transmissions for the Allies to divert the German's attention from the real invasion site on D-Day. From World War II through the Cold War, he worked for many print organizations, and also for NBC and Voice of America. Auberjonois was born in Valeyres-sous-Montagny, near Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, the son of Augusta Grenier and René Auberjonois (1872–1957), one of Switzerland's best-known post-Impressionist painters. He married into European (Napoleonic) royalty, his wife being Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (Paris, 13 November 1913 – New York City, 10 May 1986), a descendant of Napoleon's sister Caroline and her husband Joachim Murat, who was King of Naples and King of Sicily. They married in November 1939 and had a son, actor René Auberjonois, was born in 1940. He died on August 27, 2004, at the age of 93, of a heart attack. (en)
  • Fernand Auberjonois, né le 25 septembre 1910 à Valeyres-sous-Montagny et mort le 27 août 2004 à Enniskeane, est un journaliste, écrivain et essayiste d'origine suisse et naturalisé américain durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Fernand Auberjonois (Vaud, Suíça, 25 de setembro de 1910 - Cork, Irlanda, 27 de agosto de 2004) foi um notório jornalista suíço que trabalhou como correspondente estrangeiro do Pittsburgh Post-Gazette e do The Blade. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, alistou-se nos Estados Unidos e serviu em muitas missões secretas, incluindo transmissões de rádio falsas, distraindo a atenção das forças alemãs do verdadeiro local da invasão do Dia D. Após o fim da guerra, trabalhou para diversos jornais, bem como para a NBC e Voice of America. Era filho de René Auberjonois (1872-1957), conhecido pintor do pós-impressionismo suíço. Casou-se em 1939 com a princesa Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat, descendente de Napoleão Bonaparte através de sua irmã e seu marido Joachim Murat, rei de Nápoles e da Sicília. Seu filho, o ator René Auberjonois nasceu em 1940. (pt)
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  • Fernand Auberjonois (* 25. September 1910 in Valeyres-sous-Montagny; † 27. August 2004 in , County Cork, Irland) war ein Schweizer Journalist und Schriftsteller. (de)
  • Fernand Auberjonois, né le 25 septembre 1910 à Valeyres-sous-Montagny et mort le 27 août 2004 à Enniskeane, est un journaliste, écrivain et essayiste d'origine suisse et naturalisé américain durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Fernand Auberjonois (25 September 1910 – 27 August 2004) was a Swiss-American journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade. Throughout most of the Cold War, Auberjonois was one of the most admired American reporters based in London. From 1956 until his formal retirement in 1983 and after, he covered many of the world's biggest news stories. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. and served on secret assignments, including setting up radio transmissions for the Allies to divert the German's attention from the real invasion site on D-Day. From World War II through the Cold War, he worked for many print organizations, and also for NBC and Voice of America. (en)
  • Fernand Auberjonois (Vaud, Suíça, 25 de setembro de 1910 - Cork, Irlanda, 27 de agosto de 2004) foi um notório jornalista suíço que trabalhou como correspondente estrangeiro do Pittsburgh Post-Gazette e do The Blade. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, alistou-se nos Estados Unidos e serviu em muitas missões secretas, incluindo transmissões de rádio falsas, distraindo a atenção das forças alemãs do verdadeiro local da invasão do Dia D. Após o fim da guerra, trabalhou para diversos jornais, bem como para a NBC e Voice of America. (pt)
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