Frank Keating tributes: ‘He reinvented the language, making everything fizz with the sheer joie de vivre of word play’
The death of former Guardian chief sports writer Frank Keating last week at the age of 75 prompted some eloquent…
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Sports journalist Frank Keating dies aged 75: ‘An immense figure in sports journalism’
Former chief sports writer for The Guardian Frank Keating – who continued to write his sports column for The Observer…
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‘Doyen of motorcycle correspondents’ Kevin Ash dies at BMW press launch
A leading motorcycle journalist has died in an accident at a press launch in South Africa. Kevin Ash, who was…
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Sky News colleagues pay tribute to ‘outstanding role model and mentor’ – producer Mark O’Leary
Sky News colleagues have paid tribute to senior sports producer Mark O’Leary who died of cancer just before Christmas aged…
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Charlie Ley: Former Mirror photographer who rose from messenger boy to friend of the stars
Former Daily Mirror photographer Charlie Ley – who captured an iconic image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono staging their…
By‘Irascible’ journalist who launched FT’s first overseas edition dies aged 79
The journalist who set up the first Financial Times overseas edition has died at the age of 79. Former Dublin…
ByFormer BBC director general who journalists went on strike to support dies aged 82
A former BBC director general who led the corporation through its coverage of the Falklands War, Miners' strike and Northern…
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Bill Hodgkinson dies aged 96 after rising from copy-boy to News of the World sub at Withy Grove
Bill Hodgkinson, who spent all his working life in Withy Grove, Manchester, died on 13 December, at the Half Acre…
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