New York - NBC News correspondent David Bloom, who had been reporting on the war from the Iraqi desert, died Sunday from a blood clot.The network said the 39-year-old co-anchor of the weekend “Today” show, who started his career at a Miami station, was traveling with troops about 25 miles south of Baghdad when he suddenly collapsed.He was airlifted to a nearby field medical unit, where he was pronounced dead from a pulmonary embolism. A spokesperson for the network said his death was not combat related.Bloom lived in the New York area with his wife, Melanie, and three daughters. He had been on assignment in Iraq for several weeks.Bloom had been the co-anchor of the weekend “Today” show since March 2000.At WTVJ in Miami, Bloom reported extensively coverage of the U-S military build-up off Haiti and covered the police investigation and capture of a Florida serial killer. He also covered hurricanes Andrew and Emily.
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