Richard West, who has died age 84, was described as a “paragon of the independent journalist for his generation” in an obituary by The Guardian.
He started at the Manchester Guardian in the 1950s, as a reporter covering the North West of England and Yorkshire.
After a few years, he moved to London and started working for the Daily Mirror.
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