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August 17, 2006updated 22 Nov 2022 8:41pm

Bob Hill funeral

By Press Gazette

The funeral of Bob Hill, former Daily Mail showbiz editor, will take place next Tuesday, 22 August, at 4.30pm at Mortlake Crematorium, west London, followed by a wake at his daughter’s club at Brentford Dock, Brentford. Bob, who died 10 August aged 77, worked in Fleet St

From the mid 1950s until 1990 at the Daily Express, Sketch and the Daily Mail where was night news editor and showbiz executive editor.

Bob’s former wife, Veronica Gibson, is trying to track down one of Bob’s old friends Bill Gardner. If you know Bill’s whereabouts, please email veronicatwo@aol.com or call Press Gazette and we’ll pass the message on to Veronica.

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