James Foley
Journalist

James Foley Net Worth

James Foley was an American journalist born on October 18, 1973 in Evanston, IL. He was a writer for the Middle Eastern newspapers Stars and Stripes and GlobalPost before he was kidnapped and tragically murdered by the Islamic paramilitary group ISIS in August 2014.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day October 18, 1973
Birth Place Evanston, IL
Age 47 YEARS OLD
Died On Aug 19, 2014 (age 40)
Birth Sign Libra

💰 Net worth: $94 Million (2024)

About

American Journalist who was kidnapped and murdered by the Islamic paramilitary group ISIS in August 2014. He was previously a Writer for the Middle Eastern newspapers Stars and Stripes and GlobalPost.

Before Fame

He graduated from Marquette before graduating from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Trivia

His alma mater, Marquette University, established The James Foley Scholarship in the J. william and Mary Diederich College of Communication in his honor.

Family Life

He was the first of five children born to Diane and John Foley.

Associated With

He and Time magazine's Steven Sotloff were both killed by ISIS.

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