[4] Some accounts blame Burrows for melting photographer Robert Capa's D-Day negatives in the drying cabinet,[5] but in fact it was another technician, according to John G.

However, Burrows persuaded the pilot to fly over at only 500 feet (150 m), knocking out the window perspex when it obscured his shot.

[9] One of Burrows' most famous images was published first in a Life magazine article on 16 April 1965 named One Ride with Yankee Papa 13, about a mission on 31 March 1965.

At the landing zone Magel was assisted to Yankee Papa 13, where airborne door gunner Lance C. Farley gave first aid.

[4][14] Burrows died on 10 February 1971 with fellow photojournalists Henri Huet (Associated Press), Kent Potter (United Press International) and Keisaburo Shimamoto (freelancer with Newsweek),[15] when their helicopter was shot down over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos[9] as the group covered Operation Lam Son 719.

Our experience of the star system in photography was, until we met him, not necessarily a happy one; all too often talent and ego seemed to come together in equal amounts.

We were touched by Larry: How could someone so talented be so graceful?In December 2019, the Newseum was closed due to financial difficulties and the remains of Burrows, Huet, Potter and Shimamoto were disinterred.

Their remains are currently stored at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lab at Offutt Air Force Base awaiting a permanent burial place.