1972 Press Photo Newspaper reporter Richard Kisonak shown with family

Richard Kisonak, a reporter who died Tuesday in Lewiston, Maine, is shown with his family in May of 1972, after he gained national attention with newspaper account of living with a terminal illness. They are, from left, Janis; wife Beverly; Kisonak; Richard and seated in front, Wayne. Kisonak died at the rare and incurable disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Photo taken in 1972

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.