Kaljo Ilus

1926–2008 (age 82)

Biography

Kaljo Ilus steered his journalism career through decades of change, balancing rigorous reporting with compassion for the people whose stories he told.

Colleagues remember him as a calm presence who nurtured younger reporters and kept the public discourse grounded, and his memory rests in Kärdla Cemetery.

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