alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 3, 2021 Donal Musgrave, a veteran Irish journalist who worked for the Examiner, Irish Press and Irish Times over the course of his career, has died. He was 78. His death follows a long illness. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/journalist-donal-musgrave-78-dies-after-long-illness-1.4446054 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted January 7, 2021 Author and Former reporter for the New York Times Neil Sheehan, known for leaking and writing about the Pentagon Papers in 1971, died at 84 years: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/neil-sheehan-ny-times-reporter-who-obtained-pentagon-papers-and-chronicled-bright-shining-lie-of-vietnam-dies-at-84/2021/01/07/86794382-f943-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html He went on to win a Pulitzer in 1989. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 14, 2021 Ray Brady, a long-time financial reporter for CBS news, has died. He was 94. Brady, who was both a television and radio reporter, won a 1982 Emmy for a series of reports about unemployed Americans dealing with the recession. He retired in 2000. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ray-brady-longtime-financial-reporter-for-cbs-news-dies-at-94?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 17, 2021 Chris Cramer, the long-time head of CNN International whose career was forever changed when held as one of the hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980, has died. He was 73. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/17/media/chris-cramer-death-intl/index.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,619 Posted January 17, 2021 "Trailblazing journalist and Fleet Street legend" Bridget Rowe (wiki) dead at 70 from COVID-19 complications. Rowe was Editor of The Mirror from 1991 to 1992, The People from 1992 to 1996 and the Sunday Mirror from 1997 to 1998. Also a panelist on the first series of Loose Women in 1999. Close friend of Nigel Farage and latterly worked as PR chief to Arron Banks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 18, 2021 As promised.... Journalist David Birtill, former Lancashire Telegraph reporter and sub-editor who became the best known golf correspondent in the North of England, has died in hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 79. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted January 18, 2021 13 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: "Trailblazing journalist and Fleet Street legend" Bridget Rowe (wiki) dead at 70 from COVID-19 complications. Rowe was Editor of The Mirror from 1991 to 1992, The People from 1992 to 1996 and the Sunday Mirror from 1997 to 1998. Also a panelist on the first series of Loose Women in 1999. Close friend of Nigel Farage and latterly worked as PR chief to Arron Banks. Final paragraph tells me all I need to know... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted January 26, 2021 Bob Fisher, world champion sailor but also The Guardian's sailing correspondent from 1958 to 2013, has died aged 85. He covered 16 America's Cups, and was accredited to cover the Tokyo Olympics. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 220 Posted January 30, 2021 Maxine Cheshire, whom Frank Sinatra once called a two-dollar cunt, died. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted February 6, 2021 NFL media journalist and possible longlister Chris Wesseling has died from cancer 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 10, 2021 Terez Paylor, a national NFL writer for Yahoo Sports, has died. He was 37. No cause of death has been given. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30869216/national-nfl-writer-terez-paylor-dies-age-37 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 10, 2021 Paul Malone, a top Australian sportswriter who covered three Olympics, countless Australian Opens in tennis and the Rugby World Cup in 2003, has died. He was 59. Nicknamed 'Scobie', Malone's life had changed forever 19 months ago, when a fall in a hospital left him a quadriplegic. The specifics of that accident aren't mentioned in the obit below. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/paul-malone-tribute-sports-journalism-mourns-top-queensland-reporter/news-story/646a9961578a218a1847be6930f78850 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted February 10, 2021 Former Evening Times journalist Ally McLaws reveals his terminal lung cancer has spread to his brain. Unique DDP pick this year for someone or other! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted February 11, 2021 Emmy-winning TV journalist Katherine Creag, known for her work on Good Day New York and Today in New York, died at 47 years: https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/nbc-new-york-reporter-katherine-creag-dead-at-47/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 13, 2021 Frank Orr, an iconic sportswriter for the Toronto Star, has died. He was 84. Orr - no relation to Bobby Orr - was a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee in the media category and an award-winning journalist for the newspaper for four decades. https://www.thephwa.com/2021/02/13/phwa-mourns-the-passing-of-toronto-star-titan-frank-orr/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 122 Posted February 15, 2021 James Ridgeway, Hard-Hitting Investigative Journalist, Dies at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/obituaries/james-ridgeway-dead.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 28, 2021 Mike Burns, a legendary Irish journalist who left an indelible mark on the industry in that country, has died. He was 84. https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0227/1199784-mike-burns-obituary/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 9, 2021 Roger Mudd, a well-respected, veteran CBS correspondent, has died. He was 93. A DDP 'list of the missed' entry, picked as recently as 2020. https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/03/09/journalist-roger-mudd-dead-at-93/ 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted March 15, 2021 Martin Johnson, sports journalist (predominantly cricket), Leicester Mercury, Independent, Telegraph & Sunday Times, has died following a long illness, aged 71. Known more for his turn of phrase than his newsgathering, he was ironically nicknamed 'scoop' and once flew to Las Vegas to cover a Lennox Lewis fight that was taking place in New York. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted March 16, 2021 Monty Meth, former journalist for the Daily Mail and president of Enfield over 50's Forum has died at 95 https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/19163829.president-enfield-50s-forum-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted March 25, 2021 Martin Woollacott, of the Guardian, former foreign correspondent and foreign editor, has died aged 81, lung cancer. He won the International Reporter of The Year award from the BPA, for his coverage of the North Vietnamese taking of Saigon in 1975. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 1, 2021 Don Farmer, one of CNN's original on-air anchors, has died. He was 82. https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/don-farmer-former-wsb-tv-and-cnn-anchor-has-died-1938-2021/Y6UYY42D6ZH7RMABDBKZMIX22Q/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,619 Posted April 1, 2021 Telegraph obit for broadcaster and former Downing Street press secretary Barbara Hosking (wiki), aged 94. Mentioned in previous ideas and possibilities threads by @RIP Wee Jum and @ladyfiona. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted April 6, 2021 On 07/04/2019 at 20:17, Joey Russ said: TV critic Sarah Hughes talks about Games of Thrones and her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis... Lots of Twitterers reporting the death of Sarah Hughes, but can't see anything newsy anywhere that confirms it. Here latest LoD episode recap is in today's paper. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, time said: Lots of Twitterers reporting the death of Sarah Hughes, but can't see anything newsy anywhere that confirms it. Here latest LoD episode recap is in today's paper. Shocking, she seemed fine, at least on twitter, but yeah, there was a reason I picked her in the DDP. An ominous article in November, a hospitalisation in February. She seemed to have recovered though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
