George Emil Bria

George Emil Bria (March 2, 1916 – March 18, 2017) was an Italian-American journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP). He spent part of his early career as a war correspondent covering the Italian Campaign of World War II, reporting on the surrender of German forces and witnessing the corpse of recently deceased Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Bria later became the chief AP correspondent at the United Nations and retired in 1981. He also wrote gardening columns, tending to his own vegetable garden in Westchester County, New York, after retiring.

Career Bria was born in Rome and immigrated with his family to Waterbury, Connecticut, at a young age. He graduated from Amherst College and Middlebury College and began his career as a journalist with the Waterbury Democrat and Hartford Courant. He lived in Pound Ridge, an affluent suburb of New York City in Westchester County. Bria was an avid tennis player, participating in national over-85 tennis tournaments.