Christopher Wenner | |
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![]() Wenner in 2019 | |
Born | Max Christopher Wenner[1] 6 December 1954 |
Died | 28 October 2021 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 66)
Other names | Max Stahl[4] |
Citizenship | Timor-Leste |
Education | Stonyhurst College, Lancashire |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter War correspondent Journalist |
Known for | Blue Peter Channel 4 News (ITN) (international war coverage) |
Children | 4 |
Max Christopher Wenner, known as Christopher Wenner and later as Max Stahl[5] (6 December 1954 – 28 October 2021), was a British journalist and television presenter. He was best known for filming an East Timorese demonstration and its aftermath that became known as the Santa Cruz massacre. His coverage of East Timor's struggle for independence is listed in Unesco's Memory of the World register as a "turning point" in the birth of a new nation.[6]