Russell Ellsworth Watson III died at home on August 30. He was 77 years old. Russell was born in New Brunswick, NJ on December 1, 1939. He graduated from the Hill School in PA and the Shrewsbury School in England. In 1962 he graduated from Princeton University Magna Cum Laude and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. After starting his career at the Wall Street Journal, Russell went to work at Newsweek. He spent more than 30 years at the magazine, where he served as Foreign Editor, Chief of Correspondents and Senior Writer. He covered Watergate, Tiananmen Square Massacre and several Middle East con