Claim: Born Nobermber 13, 1931 in Seattle, Washington, Robert Landsburg was. a photographer who died photographing the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Evidence: Robert Emerson Landsburg (November 13, 1931 – May 18, 1980) was an American photographer who died while photographing the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. He was born in Seattle, Washington, and was a resident of Portland, Oregon, at the time of his death.