gcreptile 10,211 Posted September 19, 2016 CNN veteran Tom Mintier dead: http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-vet-tom-mintier-has-died/304856 He was the chief of their London Bureau for a while and also the only TV broadcaster live on air during the Challenger disaster. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted September 19, 2016 While Desmond Tutu's death was a hoax, another South African journalist is dead: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/veteran-journalist-allister-sparks-dies-20160919 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,264 Posted September 19, 2016 While Desmond Tutu's death was a hoax, another South African journalist is dead: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/veteran-journalist-allister-sparks-dies-20160919 In the absence of any big hitters, he's an outside chance of making this week's Last Word. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,615 Posted September 27, 2016 Martin Bashir to return to the BBC as religious affairs correspondent because Caroline Wyatt has been diagnosed with MS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted October 21, 2016 David Bunnell, a pioneer in technology publishing, died Tuesday night of pancreatic cancer, according to his wife, Jackie Poitier. He was 69. Bunnell took writing about computers from the realm of hobbyists to a mass-market media phenomenon, launching glossy titles like PC Magazine, Macworld and PC World. SC http://m.sfgate.com/business/article/David-Bunnell-creator-of-PC-World-and-Macworld-10000220.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,246 Posted November 14, 2016 Journalist Gwen Ifill who moderated 2 vice presidential debates has died at 61 http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/14/media/gwen-ifill-obituary/index.html?sr=fbCNN111416gwen-ifill-obituary0713PMStoryLink&linkId=31143420 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted November 17, 2016 American journalist and DDP pick Ruth Gruber has died aged 105. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ruth-gruber-who-accompanied-1000-jews-to-the-shores-of-the-united-states-during-the-holocaust-dies-at-105/2016/11/17/da16277c-ad12-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted November 18, 2016 American journalist and DDP pick Ruth Gruber has died aged 105. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ruth-gruber-who-accompanied-1000-jews-to-the-shores-of-the-united-states-during-the-holocaust-dies-at-105/2016/11/17/da16277c-ad12-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3948128/Journalist-author-Ruth-Gruber-dies-NY-age-105.html I'm gonna start complaining about Zara Nutley's lack of obit soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted November 26, 2016 All has been quiet on the Helen Fawkes front for months. Are we sure she's still alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted November 26, 2016 Pretty sure (99%) she's still alive as she'd have been mentioned by someone, never minding the "BBC Reporter Tragically Dies" front page of the Beeb on that day, ahead of nuclear war in India or what not. The silence has been noted, however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,361 Posted November 26, 2016 Her most recent blog from July was about her final chemo (for the time being), so for all we know she could be fine for now and just hasn't felt there's been much worth blogging about in recent months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted November 26, 2016 Or she's fuc king about doing her bucket list. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,201 Posted December 4, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38200162?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_news_ni&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=northern_ireland Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist Austin Hunter dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted December 16, 2016 Obit for Michael Nicholson, former ITN Senior Foreign Correspondent, aged 79. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/16/michael-nicholson-war-correspondent-worked-vietnam-falklands/ Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nicholson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,246 Posted December 16, 2016 Obit for Michael Nicholson, former ITN Senior Foreign Correspondent, aged 79. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/16/michael-nicholson-war-correspondent-worked-vietnam-falklands/ Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nicholson just seen his death reported on ITN news at 10 .Another legend gone this week following Ian MCaskills death Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted December 20, 2016 Guardian hack Simon Ricketts has thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, which means he has little chance of making it past more than a decade and, if his upcoming operation isn't a success, he could be out for the count within the next few months. Terminal cancer in his stomach and pancreas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted December 20, 2016 Guardian hack Simon Ricketts has thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, which means he has little chance of making it past more than a decade and, if his upcoming operation isn't a success, he could be out for the count within the next few months. Terminal cancer in his stomach and pancreas. There goes one of my three hidden names on my DDP draft team. I saw a post about his terminal illness about a week ago, and was hoping he wouldn't be revealed, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted December 20, 2016 Guardian hack Simon Ricketts has thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, which means he has little chance of making it past more than a decade and, if his upcoming operation isn't a success, he could be out for the count within the next few months. Terminal cancer in his stomach and pancreas. Saw this a fortnight ago (or then abouts) and thought to myself: bet that's a potential unique of Spades. Or, at least, I did when I saw it, then thought the name looked familiar and did a search to see if his name had ever come up before. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,797 Posted December 20, 2016 Besides the stomach and pancreas, he says it's "dotted elsewhere, hanging around inside me like violent gangs at a series of darkened bus stops". What a superb image of cancer. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted December 22, 2016 Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani, 66. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted January 8, 2017 A cancer diary update from Steve Hewlett in case anyone who has him wants to know how he's doing: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/08/steve-hewlett-cancer-diary-christmas-chemo-and-new-year-a-and-e-dash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,465 Posted January 8, 2017 Nat Hentoff, columnist for The Village Voice has died at the age of 91. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,615 Posted January 12, 2017 A cancer diary update from Steve Hewlett in case anyone who has him wants to know how he's doing: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/08/steve-hewlett-cancer-diary-christmas-chemo-and-new-year-a-and-e-dash Sounded terrible on the Media show yesterday but he is still presenting it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 13, 2017 Ralph Benner, the original editor of TigerBeat magazine, a Hollywood fan publication for girls that debuted in 1965, has died. He was 84. Benner died Dec. 22 at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, after a battle with liver disease. SC http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ralph-benner-dead-tigerbeat-editor-was-84-963799 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites