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War journalist Michael Hastings' unexpected death was preceded by depression, drugs—and the fear that the government was out to get him
By Gene Maddaus
In April, a man named Erin Walker Markland drove off a mountain road near Santa Cruz and was killed. The woman who had planned to marry him, Jordanna Thigpen, was devastated.
Crash & BurnWar journalist Michael Hastings' unexpected death was preceded by depression, drugs—and the fear that the government was out to get him
September 04, 2013