It was reported that he died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey at first and investigated but his wife said he was diabetic and generally unhealthy for other unspecified reasons before his death. Didn't look great physically in the interview he did shortly before his death for Turkish television too so I think he just passed away. Very sad, he traveled to almost every country on the planet(really) and saw many many war zones, slums etc and just generally had so much journalistic experience. He became a very stark campist later in his career(arguably the only campist that's truly worth reading who mainly published in English) which is exemplified in his magnum opus of reporting Exposing The Lies Of The Empire. But he also wrote more dry academic books like one on Oceana and Indonesia(also co wrote On Western Terrorism with Noam Chomsky based on a long conversation between them) as well as fiction and countless articles . He will be missed and I would really recommend reading him .