FILE In this Nov. 4, 1988 file photo, Associated Press reporter Bob Barr poses for a photograph. Longtime Associated Press reporter Robert Barr, who covered the U.K. from the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 to the death of Stephen Hawking earlier this year, has died after a brief battle with cancer, it was reported on Thursday. Aug. 30, 2018. He was 71. One of the longest-serving AP staffers of his generation, Bob's elegant writing and careful editing touched virtually every major news story in the British Isles for three decades. In all, his taciturn manner and wicked wit graced the organization's news bureaus for 46 years. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)