Carl Hartman | AP correspondent, 95

Carl Hartman, 95, an Associated Press correspondent in Europe during much of the turbulent mid-20th century and one of the news cooperative's longest-serving journalists, has died.

The Morristown, N.J., native died at his Washington apartment, said Nancy Thompson, a friend who, worried that Mr. Hartman was not answering his telephone, opened his residence to police who found his body on Wednesday. There was no evidence of foul play.

Mr. Hartman retired from the AP in 2006 after 62 years but continued writing book reviews. His last review appeared Monday.

Mr. Hartman began his career in 1944, several months before Germany surrendered in World War II, and headed bureaus in Madrid, Spain; Paris; Budapest, Hungary; Brussels, Belgium; and Frankfurt, Germany.

He returned to the United States, to the Washington bureau's foreign desk, and concentrated on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, both with headquarters in Washington. On the side, he started writing frequently about the city's museums and other cultural pursuits, eventually establishing a new beat for himself.

Still, Mr. Hartman never escaped the allure of being a foreign correspondent.

Larry Heinzerling, now retired, headed the AP's foreign service in 2006 when he came to Washington to preside over Mr. Hartman's retirement. Reminiscing Friday, Heinzerling said, "He pulled me aside and said: 'Listen, if you ever have a freelance assignment to send me on, please let me know." - AP