Spade_Cooley 9,569 Posted August 3, 2020 Freelance journalist Seb Patrick, who wrote for loads of places, died of a heart attack on Sunday night. I recognised his name from When Saturday Comes, but he also wrote for The Guardian, Empire, Den of Geek and was the social media manager for Red Dwarf. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted August 3, 2020 TV journalist and presenter mainly for Granada, Tony Morris dead from kidney cancer aged 57: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-08-03/tributes-to-itv-granada-reports-presenter-tony-morris-who-has-died-aged-57 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0neseur0 118 Posted August 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: TV journalist and presenter mainly for Granada, Tony Morris dead from kidney cancer aged 57: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-08-03/tributes-to-itv-granada-reports-presenter-tony-morris-who-has-died-aged-57 That's a sad one. I haven't a clue what he was like outside of the telly, but they're a fixture so it's a shame. Like when Dianne Oxberry went. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted August 3, 2020 4 hours ago, YoungWillz said: TV journalist and presenter mainly for Granada, Tony Morris dead from kidney cancer aged 57: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-08-03/tributes-to-itv-granada-reports-presenter-tony-morris-who-has-died-aged-57 Seems alot of celebs/TV personalities are keeping their illnesses quiet nowadays. I wonder if that is partly down to us? I imagine Tony Morris would of been on alot of lists if it came out back in 2019 he had kidney cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Freelance journalist Seb Patrick, who wrote for loads of places, died of a heart attack on Sunday night. I recognised his name from When Saturday Comes, but he also wrote for The Guardian, Empire, Den of Geek and was the social media manager for Red Dwarf. I was friends with him on Livejournal back in the day, nice guy, huge shock. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 745 Posted August 5, 2020 Legendary New York newspaper man Pete Hamill has died at age 85. https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/legendary-nyc-journalist-pete-hamill-dead-at-85 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted August 16, 2020 Richard Gwyn, a prolific Canadian journalist who was a long-time columnist with the Toronto Star and authored several books, four of which were on first Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, has died. He was 86. Gwyn had long battled Alzheimers. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/08/15/longtime-star-columnist-richard-gwyn-86-set-the-standard-for-canadian-political-journalism.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted August 19, 2020 Allan Fotheringham, a prolific Canadian journalist who wrote for the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Maclean's and Vancouver Sun, has died. He was 87. Fotheringham also appeared as a panelist on the Canadian news-related game show Front Page Challenge for a decade. The show ran from 1957 to 1995. Fotheringham was on the show from 1984 until it ended. He's the second notable Canadian journalist to die the past few days, with Richard Gwyn having passed over the weekend. https://theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-dr-foth-was-a-force-in-canadian-journalism/wcm/e4c71b4f-d6ff-4493-9182-0a0255dca0d4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted September 24, 2020 Sir Harold Evans dead. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted September 26, 2020 Martin Short (not the actor), who investigated and reported for television for more than 40 years, has died. He was 76. Between 1969 and 1984, Short worked Thames TV’s This Week and Granada’s World in Action as a researcher before becoming a reporter. From there he worked for The London Programme at London Weekend Television and Thames TV’s Thames Report. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/20/martin-short-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted October 3, 2020 George Melloan, a Wall Street Journal newspaperman for 54 years and later an author, has died. He was 92. https://www.nysun.com/editorials/george-melloan/91283/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted October 4, 2020 Sir Peregrine Worsthorne died age 96: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/04/sir-peregrine-worsthorne-fearless-former-editor-sunday-telegraph/ 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted October 4, 2020 This makes Leslie Philips the last man standing from my first DDP team. As I always suspected, really... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted October 5, 2020 13 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Sir Peregrine Worsthorne died age 96: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/04/sir-peregrine-worsthorne-fearless-former-editor-sunday-telegraph/ Interestingly Sir Peregrine's older brother is still alive, and notable in his own right. In fact, he'll obit for sure: Author Sir Simon Towneley (wiki) will turn 99 in December. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,569 Posted October 5, 2020 13 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Sir Peregrine Worsthorne died age 96: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/04/sir-peregrine-worsthorne-fearless-former-editor-sunday-telegraph/ For me, the last great "he was still alive?" pick out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted October 5, 2020 A bit of a poor man's Chapman Pincher. RIP in any event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted October 7, 2020 John Lamm, who as a photographer and writer, helped craft Road & Track magazine, has died. He was 76. https://sports.yahoo.com/john-lamm-man-defined-look-153000088.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABKJyVNZ693UQWZCqfEF6unG8HGrbIdmYJfX3TrcDUosAGmtYvHLRCF7n5eBg0AFTK5dwkxwIiOymiOggm_elKeRK_O-CfMBDRERgLyTJSLJeLgzQacE18XnbMhmVRQCUv7pFTpX7AjuZGSXx5A2oltIIGW91W4zOhibnR80Y1vK 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,419 Posted October 12, 2020 On 11/12/2018 at 11:52, Spade_Cooley said: Samuel Brittan, former economics editor at The Observer and then a long-time FT columnist, isn't doing too well from what I understand... Dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 13, 2020 Ken Rappoport, a long-time sports writer for The Associated Press and author of more than 100 books, died Tuesday at age 85 after a brief illness. With the AP, Rappoport was a lead reporter on college basketball, baseball, pro football and hockey. He joined the wire service in 1963 and retired in 2000. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted October 16, 2020 Vaughn McClure, a reporter for ESPN, has died. He was 48. No cause of death was given. https://people.com/sports/espn-beat-reporter-vaughn-mcclure-dead-at-48/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 16, 2020 12 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Vaughn McClure, a reporter for ESPN, has died. He was 48. No cause of death was given. https://people.com/sports/espn-beat-reporter-vaughn-mcclure-dead-at-48/ Poor guy had to cover the Atlanta Falcons - probably took his own life 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted October 18, 2020 Bert Quint, a CBS foreign correspondent who covered troubled spots like Vietnam and Cambodia over his 30-year career, has died. He was 90. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-cbs-news-foreign-correspondent-bert-quint-has-died-at-age-90/#x (Video obit) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted October 29, 2020 Toodle-oo the noo as Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland's political correspondent since I was a lad, retires. Huge, rough and breathless on his last report from Holyrood. Keep him in your sights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted October 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Toodle-oo the noo as Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland's political correspondent since I was a lad, retires. Huge, rough and breathless on his last report from Holyrood. Keep him in your sights. In other words, pretty much how he's looked since you were a lad? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,084 Posted October 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, msc said: In other words, pretty much how he's looked since you were a lad? No actually. I remember him as slim and curlyish haired. And beige. It was the 1970s way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
