Journalists

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jim Sheeler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for his coverage on the families of Colorado soldiers killed in the Iraq war and the man tasked with notifying them, has died. He was 53. (His death was also acknowledged in one of the deadpools.)

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/pulitzer-winning-reporter-winner-jim-sheeler-dead-53-80172687

 

 

[gcreptile 10,963]

Gary Burgess accepts the "Pride of Jersey" award... his walk is somewhat unstable, he speaks through swollen cheeks:

 

[Sean 6,309]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Gary Burgess accepts the "Pride of Jersey" award... his walk is somewhat unstable, he speaks through swollen cheeks:

 

Starting to look like Paul Ritter did before he went.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Larry Day, a former evening news anchor at Global TV Calgary and a reporter in Regina before that, has died. He was 69.

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/8219670/global-news-anchor-larry-day-death/

[arghton 6,692]

Aarno Laitinen, journalist and one of the writers of "Tamminiemen Pesänjakajat" dead aged 78:

https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/96f19693-efa7-41a6-843a-a7f6943741ec

Tamminiemen Pesänjakajat is a 1981 book written mostly by journalists anonymously that in a way revealed how frail the autocratic president Kekkonen was and the book affected the next presidential election. Kekkonen had alzheimer's and/or vascular dementia

 

The other writers were:

Arto Astikainen (1948-), Kalle Heiskanen (1950-), Janne Virkkunen (1948-), Hannu Savola (1949-2007), Ritva Remes (?-?) and Anneli Sundberg (ca. 1948-)

 

Kekkonen on his final presidential trip (Iceland) in August 1981 with President of Iceland 1980-1996 Vigdis Finnbogadottir (still alive, now 91) and Lt. Gen Lasse Wächter (1937-1998)

[Bluee 6]

All journalists are Jerks

[YoungWillz 21,019]

Ukrainian born British journo Greg Miskiw, co-ordinator of the Fake Sheikh and involved heavily in the phone hacking scandals at the News Of The World, dead at 71: https://pressgazette.co.uk/greg-miskiw-dies-71-phone-hacking-news-of-the-world/

 

Set out to destroy people's lives - I'd suggest not just the rich and famous. 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Myron Dewey, a journalist and filmmaker who documented Native American resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline, has died. He was 49.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/09/29/native-american-filmmaker-myron-dewey-dakota-access-pipeline-dead-car-crash/5924024001/

[YoungWillz 21,019]

On 11/07/2021 at 15:01, msc said:

Deborah James, who I am salvaging from the OFFBI thread given she is a journalist and was pre-illness so let's not jump the shark. Anyhow, her cancer has started spreading again , and last week she had to have emergency surgery after suffering liver failure, and her medication started to fail. She now has cancer in the liver, guts, lungs and bones.

And Deborah James has a reportedly wild 40th birthday party: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10057553/BBC-podcast-presenter-Deborah-James-incurable-cancer-celebrates-40th.html

[YoungWillz 21,019]

1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

And Deborah James has a reportedly wild 40th birthday party: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10057553/BBC-podcast-presenter-Deborah-James-incurable-cancer-celebrates-40th.html

If anything @gcreptile for the DDP this would confirm a date of birth of 1 October 1981 for Deborah James.

[msc 18,421]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

If anything @gcreptile for the DDP this would confirm a date of birth of 1 October 1981 for Deborah James.

 

Top marks for using the correct thread. 

 

Although I think she had more interviews for reaching 40 than even Captain Tom did!

[gcreptile 10,963]

28 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

If anything @gcreptile for the DDP this would confirm a date of birth of 1 October 1981 for Deborah James.

Ah, that's a good thought.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Peter Silverman, whose journalism career began in 1974 and who joined Citytv in 1981, where he became the station's consumer protection specialist, fighting for the average person against scammers and the like, has died. He was 90.

 

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/10/07/watch-it-buddy-citytv-legend-peter-silverman-dies-at-90/

[msc 18,421]

On 18/07/2021 at 11:33, gcreptile said:

Scottish journalist Ally McLaws had problems with his treatment which had been working well so far. They now have to set him up on a different treatment.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/19450730.ally-mclaws---living-cancer-pandemic-feared-happened-now-last-line-defense/

 

Journalist Ally McLaws treatment was going well in September, after the cancer spread to his brain and he became wheelchair bound, but since then he had a reaction to chemo, caught a lung infection and is now in hospital with covid. Which is bit of a downturn.

 

Picture from last month.

 

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,019]

21 hours ago, msc said:

 

Journalist Ally McLaws treatment was going well in September, after the cancer spread to his brain and he became wheelchair bound, but since then he had a reaction to chemo, caught a lung infection and is now in hospital with covid. Which is bit of a downturn.

 

Picture from last month.

 

 

 

Reports coming in that Ally McLaws has died.

 

I'll look into that.

 

Edit: Just the one source on Twits, FB may have more if anyone is on that platform:

 

 

[msc 18,421]

15 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Reports coming in that Ally McLaws has died.

 

I'll look into that.

 

Edit: Just the one source on Twits, FB may have more if anyone is on that platform:

 

 

 

If so, a boost to my team but a shame as he seemed a decent chap. The Evening Times was always a pretty good paper when he ran it back in the 90s too.

 

His friends are posting it on Facebook btw, it appears to be true. The covid was just a bridge too far, I guess.

[gcreptile 10,963]

I think this is a QO for Ally McLaws? Well Done, msc, update later today:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19652854.tributes-paid-herald-sunday-columnist-ally-mclaws/

[MariNisia 4,181]

Sami Kohen, veteran Turkish journalist and columnist renowned for his analysis of Turkish foreign policy, died late on Monday at the age of 93 in Istanbul.
Kohen had been placed in intensive care due to kidney failure:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pioneer-of-diplomacy-journalism-in-turkey-dies-at-age-of-93-168738

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Noted CNN journalist John King discloses he has multiple sclerosis and is immunocompromised.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/media/john-king-multiple-sclerosis/index.html

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Michel Nadeau, a former journalist of business and economics before taking a senior position in private industry, has died. He was 70.

 

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/michel-nadeau-former-journalist-champion-of-quebec-business-has-died

[YoungWillz 21,019]

On 31/07/2021 at 15:57, Estuarian Float said:

Atlanta News Anchor Jovita Moore Diagnosed with Incurable Brain Cancer

 

https://people.com/health/atlanta-news-anchor-jovita-moore-diagnosed-with-incurable-brain-cancer/

Jovita Moore no moore: 

 

[msc 18,421]

23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Jovita Moore no moore: 

 

 

And there goes another shortlister before Hallowe'en even.

[YoungWillz 21,019]

52 minutes ago, msc said:

 

And there goes another shortlister before Hallowe'en even.

Here's the QO you could have won: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16575938/jovita-moore-atlanta-cause-of-death/

[msc 18,421]

Just now, YoungWillz said:

Here's the QO you could have won: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16575938/jovita-moore-atlanta-cause-of-death/

 

I was certain she'd get a Yahoo obit, but here comes The Suns algorithm chasing!

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,019]

Charles otherwise Charlie Bird, Irish journalist diagnosed with MND: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/charlie-bird-opens-up-motor-25315481

 

Like Maire Mhac, bit of a punt on an Irish national, but journalist so probably get some coverage here....maybe...possibly...