‘True media visionary’ Jonathan Ashby, founder of WENN celebrity news agency, dies aged 66
Jonathan Ashby, founder of celebrity and entertainment news agency WENN, has died aged 66. Described as a “true media visionary”…
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Peter Corrigan: Former Observer sports editor who counted Henry Winter and Simon Kelner among his proteges
Journalists and broadcasters turned out in force for the funeral of Peter Corrigan, who has died aged 80. Corrigan, a former Observer…
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Former Daily Telegraph and Mail on Sunday sports photographer Frank Coppi dies aged 62
Tributes have been paid to sports photographer Frank Coppi after his death aged 62. The former Daily Telegraph and Mail…
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Former Sunday Mirror late chief sub-editor with a taste for fine dining William Nutting dies aged 80
Sunday Mirror and Fleet Street veteran journalist William Nutting has died at the age of 80 after falling ill at…
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Vince Price, former editor who built journalism-led free newspaper group, dies at 68
A former editor who helped herald in the era of free newspapers during the early 1980s has died aged 68.…
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Editor of two South West weeklies Zena O’Rourke dies aged 53: ‘A true newspaper enthusiast’
An award-winning newspaper editor who edited two major South West weekly newspapers has died at the age of 53 after…
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Crime reporter who was at ‘every siege since Troy’ Jimmy ‘The Prince of Darkness’ Nicholson
Former Fleet Street crime correspondent Jimmy Nicholson, aka the Prince of Darkness, has died. Nicholson was in his late eighties…
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Former Sun and News of the World editor Bernard Shrimsley dies aged 85: ‘A real newsman’ who ‘loved journalism and journalists’
Former Sun and News of the World editor Bernard Shrimsley has died aged 85. Shrimsley, who was also editor of…
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