Ulitzer95 12,882 Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour 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. A relative of mine. Edit: Should probably add that his retirement isn’t health related. Big cutbacks at Beeb Scotland. A lot of the big beasts are going as a result. Gordon Brewer is going too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted October 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: A relative of mine. He will be sorely missed from our screens - proper independent voice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,882 Posted October 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: He will be sorely missed from our screens - proper independent voice. Indeed. He’s very good at maintaining neutrality, and thus a credit to the Beeb. Privately he’s a Nat. Dunno if you saw my edit above. There will be more but just heard that Isobel Fraser and Reevel Alderson from Reporting Scotland are going too. 60 of them going altogether. The aim is to save £6.2 million. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted November 1, 2020 Robert Fisk reported dead: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/veteran-journalist-and-author-robert-fisk-dies-aged-74-1.4397069 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted November 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Robert Fisk reported dead: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/veteran-journalist-and-author-robert-fisk-dies-aged-74-1.4397069 Perhaps the ultimate fisking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,385 Posted November 2, 2020 Michel Auger, a big name in Quebec journalism, has died. He was 76. Auger's speciality was crime reporting, something that didn't endear him to the local underworld. Auger survived a 2000 assassination attempt ordered by notorious former Quebec Hell's Angels' boss Maurice «Mom» Boucher. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/11/01/le-legendaire-journaliste-michel-auger-est-decede (French obit.) Edit: https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/journalist-michel-auger-has-died-according-to-quebec-media-reports 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,385 Posted November 8, 2020 Seymour Topping, a world renown journalist and one of the best known foreign correspondents of his generation, has died. He was 98. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/11/08/renowned-world-correspondent-seymour-topping-dead-at-99.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: Seymour Topping, a world renown journalist and one of the best known foreign correspondents of his generation, has died. He was 98. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/11/08/renowned-world-correspondent-seymour-topping-dead-at-99.html Sounds more like a pizza correspondent.... 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,480 Posted November 14, 2020 Bill Jamieson, former executive editor of The Scotsman for 11 years, has died. He also served as economics editor at The Sunday Telegraph for 7 years and contributed to Scotland on Sunday and CityAM. Obituaries: The Scotsman, The Times, The Telegraph 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted November 16, 2020 First time I’ve watched University Challenge for a while, Paxo sounds slow as fuck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted November 22, 2020 Paul Callan, long-time Daily Mirror columnist, familiar face from What The Papers Say back in the day, very "old school" Fleet Street type, dead at 81. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,079 Posted December 3, 2020 Hollywood Showbiz journalist David Sheehan dead at 82: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-12-03/david-sheehan-kcbs-knbc-obituary Slight miss for me. His illness was known. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted December 4, 2020 Paul Jain, aka Mr. Fixit, tipster for various newspapers (most recently the Daily Record) and with a sizeable online following of various degenerate gamblers, dead at 55. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted December 4, 2020 Betsy Wade, the first woman who edited at the New York Times (which was back in 1956) is dead at 91 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted December 18, 2020 A cheery tweet from Guardian journalist Hannah Parkinson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,234 Posted December 18, 2020 "paying £380 per hour to stay alive" What could that mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted December 18, 2020 She has fibromyalgia, I know that for sure. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,462 Posted December 18, 2020 32 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: She has fibromyalgia, I know that for sure. Hmm...I’ve got that. It’s a horrendous bore but it’s completely unthreatening to life (it just makes it a bit tiring, disorientating and painful) and entirely untreatable. The £380 per hour thing is quite puzzling. Can’t find any clues in the replies to the tweet either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted December 24, 2020 Food critic for various broadsheets, and regular face on British cooking shows (Masterchef et al) Charles Campion is dead according to Twitter reports. DDP pick. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted December 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Food critic for various broadsheets, and regular face on British cooking shows (Masterchef et al) Charles Campion is dead according to Twitter reports. DDP pick. Fat and wheezing and not seen in recent series. Not a surprise, but still a shock he went before Christmas dinner.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted December 26, 2020 On 24/12/2020 at 15:27, Spade_Cooley said: Food critic for various broadsheets, and regular face on British cooking shows (Masterchef et al) Charles Campion is dead according to Twitter reports. DDP pick. Charles Campion QO: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-charles-campion-dead-masterchef-23222273 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,079 Posted December 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Charles Campion QO: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-charles-campion-dead-masterchef-23222273 Good to know. There's also a Metro obit that refers to the date of death, the 23rd. But.... does anyone have the age? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted December 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Good to know. There's also a Metro obit that refers to the date of death, the 23rd. But.... does anyone have the age? According to a Google Search for "biography Charles Campion" he was born 17 October 1951 according to UK Who's Who (the link takes you a locked profile). So 69? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,079 Posted December 26, 2020 Yes, I got that number from 2 sources now....so 69 it is! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted December 26, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 08:57, DevonDeathTrip said: A cheery tweet from Guardian journalist Hannah Parkinson Could the staying alive refer to her business maybe? I know a few people use that turn of phrase. But it sounds most likely to refer to her health? Treatment or tablets not available on the NHS? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
