American journalist and media lawyer Mary Mycio dies

Photo: Mary Mycio's Facebook

American journalist and media lawyer Mary Mycio died in the US.

This was announced by Marta Dyczok, a professor at Western University Canada.

"Just read this very sad news from Mary Mycio's husband, a truly unique human being has left us," she wrote on Facebook.

Maria died of lung cancer.

She worked as a correspondent for Los Angeles Times. She was the director of IREX U-Medi Media Legal Protection and Education Program and a member of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.

Mary Mycio's book "Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl" was released in 2005.