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February 4, 2008

The Munich air crash – a tragedy for journalism as well as football

By Dominic wireposts

The Independent today notes that the Munich air crash of 1958 was a tragedy for British journalism as well as Manchester United and British football.

Eight journalists lost their lives in accident: Henry Rose of the Daily Express; Donny Davies of The Guardian; Archie Ledbrooke, Tom Jackson, Alf Clarke from the Daily Mirror; George Follows from the Daily Herald and Frank Swift from the News of the World.

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