Obits – Sports Journalists' Association

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

RIP David Meek, an essential element in the Manchester reporting scene for decades

FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE – Following a priivate family service, there will be a memorial service to celebrate the life of David Meek at…

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

Old-school Northern Echo reporter Johnson dies at the age of 78

By ANTON RIPPON Frank Johnson, whose most precious technical aid was the pen-knife he used to sharpen his pencil, has died at the age of 78. Johnson w…

October 18, 2018October 24, 2018

Former ITV head of sport Farmer dies after cancer battle

UPDATED WITH FUNERAL DETAILS: Monday, November 5, 12.30pm. Streetly Crematorium, 296 Little Hardwick Road, Streetly, …

October 16, 2018

How award-winning photographer Les Parkin took the European Cup home

By ANTON RIPPON AN award-winning photographer whose work regularly adorned the sports pages of the nation’s newspapers during Brian Clough’s glory…

October 15, 2018

From Serie A to Pro Evo, Peter Brackley’s golden voice always fitted the bill

Sports broadcaster and commentator Peter Brackley has died at the age of 67 following a short illness. Like Desmond Lynam before him, Brackley cut his…

October 1, 2018October 14, 2018

Former Express sports editor David Emery on making Jim Lawton his chief sports writer

As we slowly begin to come to terms with the sudden and untimely death of Jim Lawton, his former sports editor at the Daily Express, DAVID…

September 28, 2018October 15, 2018

RIP James Lawton: gift for a soaring phrase, an eye for the glib and phoney

By PATRICK COLLINS, President of the SJA The taxi was ordered, the table was booked, and the Roman restaurant came with the highest recommen…

September 17, 2018October 14, 2018

RIP Ralph Ellis: Reliable, professional, an old-school sports journalist

FUNERAL DETAILS: Monday, October 15, Weston-Super-Mare Crematorium, 1.30. No flowers. Donations to https://ralph-ellis.muchloved.com/ for prostra…

September 11, 2018September 25, 2018

Comms ‘Mr Big’ Mike Lee dies of heart attack at 61

Mike Lee, one of the most high-profile communications specialists in world sport, has died at 61. His family and VERO Communications, of which he was …

July 31, 2018August 17, 2018

Ice skating writer Stevenson has died at the age of 76

Ice skating writer Sandra Stevenson, who covered Britain’s golden era of John Curry, Robin Cousins, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and was still…