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Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning senior investigative reporter

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On Saturday He died after a long battle with cancer

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His family said he was 60.

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Drew's death is a devastating loss to CNN and the entire reporting profession

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Griffin has worked on hundreds of stories and multiple documentaries for CNN's investigative team for nearly two decades

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His reporting has been honored at journalism's most prestigious awards - Emmys, Peabody's, and Murrows.

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Licht said, But people are more important to Drew than awards

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Colleagues say Griffin had an incredibly strong work ethic

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You know when a Drew Griffin story starts - it's going to be great

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Griffin began his reporting career as a reporters cameraman for WICD-TV in Champaign Illinois