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Death of James Bradley, Author and Filmmaker

Updated 2026-06-20 13:20 UTC 1 source Neutral

James Bradley, co-author of the bestseller Flags Of Our Fathers and subject of a 2006 Clint Eastwood film, passed away at age 72. His work chronicled his father’s role in the iconic WWII photograph and had significant cultural impact.

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James Bradley, whose nonfiction book Flags Of Our Fathers recounted his father’s purported role in the iconic WWII photograph of American soldiers raising the stars-and-stripes flag on Iwo Jima became a bestseller and was adapted into a hit 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood, died June 5. He
2026-06-20 13:13 UTC
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