alt obits guy 3,372 Posted July 29, 2021 Peter Trueman, the original anchor at Global Television in Canada when it signed on in 1974, whose journalism career began in the early 1960s and ran through the late 1980s, has died. He was 86. https://globalnews.ca/news/8054341/peter-trueman-life-career-journalist/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted July 31, 2021 Atlanta News Anchor Jovita Moore Diagnosed with Incurable Brain Cancer https://people.com/health/atlanta-news-anchor-jovita-moore-diagnosed-with-incurable-brain-cancer/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,988 Posted August 1, 2021 Gary Burgess mostly quits work to start "focusing on his health", i.e. puts himself on the clock, though I would guess it's nothing immediate: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,096 Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Gary Burgess mostly quits work to start "focusing on his health", i.e. puts himself on the clock, though I would guess it's nothing immediate: Any relation to Guy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted August 7, 2021 https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/itv-granada-reports-journalist-dies-21250740 Teresa McMahon , a journalist on Granada Reports regional tv news programme has died. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted August 11, 2021 Cal McCrystal, a one-time crime reporter for the Sunday Times and the father of the same-named Irish theatre director and actor, has died. He was 85. https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/08/10/news/belfast-journalist-who-quizzed-the-kray-twins-on-their-first-kill-dies-at-85-2412712/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,780 Posted August 11, 2021 https://www.expressen.se/sport/goran-zachrisson--ar-dod-blev-83-ar/ Göran Zachrisson, Swedish sports journalist dead aged 83. Suprised I haven't mentioned this man before. I remember the face very well for some reason and thought I've already reported the death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel-San 69 Posted August 19, 2021 Journalist and war correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, whose book about the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam was made into a Hollywood film, died Wednesday in a North Carolina hospital. He was 79 years old: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/08/18/joe-galloway-vietnam-war-chronicler-author-dies-79/8188385002/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel-San 69 Posted August 20, 2021 Lisa Schaffner, well-respected journalist who worked at WRIC for 22 years, news anchor and marketing director for the United Network for Organ Sharing, dies unexpectedly at the age of 59: https://richmondvanews.com/former-richmond-information-anchor-lisa-schaffner-has-died-on-the-age-of-59/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,209 Posted August 22, 2021 William "Bill" Recktenwald, a "truly legendary reporter", according to his friend and former colleague, SIUC journalism professor Bill Freivogel, dies at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. He was 79. https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210821/renowned-chicago-investigative-reporter-bill-recktenwald-dies-at-79 Recktenwald came to the School of Journalism in 1998 after 20 years of working at the Chicago Tribune. He was inducted to the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame in 2008. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,209 Posted August 22, 2021 James Flanigan, journalist, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other publications, editor and storyteller, dies after a brief illness. He was 85. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/james-flanigan-longtime-times-business-columnist-dies-at-85/ar-AANBnix?ocid=Peregrine& During 18 years with Forbes Magazine, he served as bureau chief in Washington, Los Angeles, London and Houston and later in New York as assistant managing editor. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted August 27, 2021 BBC radio presenter and journalist Lisa Shaw dead at 44 due to vaccine complications Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,018 Posted August 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said: BBC radio presenter and journalist Lisa Shaw dead at 44 due to vaccine complications That was widely reported when it happened in May. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted August 27, 2021 10 hours ago, drol said: That was widely reported when it happened in May. My apologies. Saw the article dated to yesterday and thought it was recent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel-San 69 Posted August 29, 2021 Jerry Wizig, journalist and longtime Houston Chronicle sports reporter from the 60's into the early 2000's, has died. He also wrote the book "Eat 'Em Up, Cougars: Houston Football", about the history of Cougar sports from the start through the 1977 Cotton Bowl Game versus Maryland. He was 87 years old: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/general/article/Jerry-Wizig-longtime-Houston-Chronicle-reporter-16416580.php 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,641 Posted September 2, 2021 Simon Greenberg (p/w), sports journalist who was also Chelsea's media chief during the Jose Mourinho era (mk 1) has died aged 52, from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He was Fleet Street's youngest sports editor, and broke the story of George Graham's 'bung', which cost him his Arsenal managership. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted September 2, 2021 Only 25 when he broke the George Graham story. One hell of a scoop for a young journalist 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted September 7, 2021 Lisa Laco, a former CBC broadcaster and long-time host of the station's Thunder Bay, Ontario morning show, died August 20th. She was 64. Laco had retired this spring, announcing she had been battling ALS. https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/former-cbc-broadcaster-and-host-lisa-laco-has-died-at-64-4240700 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,341 Posted September 7, 2021 Lyse Doucet may be worth a punt working in Afghanistan and getting up and close to crowds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,780 Posted September 7, 2021 73-year old Finnish journalist Rauli Virtanen is also in Afghanistan. Notable enough to have an English wikipedia page for covering lots of conflicts starting from the Vietnam War and will get far more attention if he dies in Afghanistan, taking videos of the women's protests, taking pictures where he poses with Taliban fighters and posting them into instagram and other social medias: https://www.instagram.com/raulivirtanen/ Also has one video of Taliban members debating the protestors... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,166 Posted September 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Sean said: Lyse Doucet may be worth a punt working in Afghanistan and getting up and close to crowds. Yes, ISTR picking her in a past pool for similar reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,780 Posted September 9, 2021 Rahimullah Yusufzai, Pakistani journalist and Afghanistan expert notable for holding interviews with Bin Laden and Mullar Omar dead aged 66: https://www.geo.tv/amp/369697-senior-journalist-rahimullah-yousufzai-passes-away-in-peshawar Apparently also worked for Time and BBC as a correspondent. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted September 16, 2021 Geoff Hill, the former editor at ITV news whose journalism career spanned nearly 30 years, has died. He was 52. Hill had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-16/tributes-to-former-itv-news-editor-geoff-hill-who-has-died-aged-52 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted September 21, 2021 Richard Buckley, a former fashion editor with several high profile magazines including New York Magazine, Women's Wear Daily and Vanity Fair, has died. He was 72. https://www.vogue.com/article/richard-buckley-longtime-fashion-journalist-dies-at-72 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,572 Posted September 21, 2021 2 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Richard Buckley, a former fashion editor with several high profile magazines including New York Magazine, Women's Wear Daily and Vanity Fair, has died. He was 72. https://www.vogue.com/article/richard-buckley-longtime-fashion-journalist-dies-at-72 Not to forget to mention that he was the husband of legendary designer and fashion icon Tom Ford. I once had Buckley in the DDP and now get a point the the 40:40 game. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
