Photographer Jerry Gay’s ‘Lull in the Battle’. Taken on October 11, 1974, it shows firefighters in Burien, Washington resting after fighting a house fire. Gay’s photograph won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Sport News Photography. | Credit: Jerry Gay/ Wikimedia Commons

Photojournalist Jerry Gay — who won a Pultizer Prize for his shot of four firemen resting after fighting a house fire and took some of the most iconic images of serial killer Ted Bundy – has passed away.

The news of Gay’s death was confirmed with an Instagram post by his daughter Ellen Bohn. He passed away on October 14 weeks away from his 80th birthday.

“With heavy hearts, we share the passing of our dad, Jerry Gay, 79, who peacefully passed away this morning, October 14th,” Bohn writes in the Instagram poost. “Jerry was a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, an adored father, grandfather, and a dear friend to so many.…