Sean Flynn

b.1941 - d.1984
Sean Flynn was an American actor and freelance photojournalist best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War. He started a news service in Saigon with John Steinbeck IV, son of the American author. He disappeared on April 6, 1970, believed to have been captured by factions of the Viet Cong and/or Khmer Rouge. Flynn was the only child of the marriage of actors Errol Flynn and Lili Damita. After studying briefly at Duke University, he became a movie actor like his parents. When he retired from acting, Flynn became a freelance photojournalist under contract to Time.