Martin Johnson, former cricket correspondent of The Independent, sports feature writer of the Daily Telegraph and multi-faceted writer for The Sunday …
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Category: Obituaries
RIP Bob Driscoll: a journalist who would spot a story when no-one else could
Bob Driscoll, former Sun, Star and Daily Mail football reporter, died on February 26 at the age of 80. His friend, The Sun’s former chief footba…
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‘Dad felt an almost spiritual kinship with the Fleet Street haunts he left behind’ – RIP Adrian Brown
OLIVER BROWN, chief sports writer of The Telegraph, pays a personal tribute to his father, Adrian, who died on Boxing Day at the age of 83 …
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RIP: SJA member Bill Meredith from 13-year-old copy boy to Telegraph assistant sports editor
The Football Writers’ Association have kindly allowed us to publish their tribute to SJA member Bill Meredith, who has sadly died at 92. By John…
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To be in the presence of Kevin McCarra was to be in the presence of the nicest, kindest human being you could wish to meet
Kevin McCarra, who has died aged 62 of Alzheimer’s disease, was football correspondent for the Guardian from 2002 to 2012. His colleague and friend …
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Former Spurs official photographer Mick Eason dies at 77
Michael Eason, Tottenham’s official photographer in the 1980s, has died at the age of 77. Eason – nicknamed Micky Grecian because of…
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RIP John Wilford – the man who brought Clough and Revie together in TV special
John Wilford, who rose to become head of local programmes at Yorkshire Television and was first head of corporate affairs has died at the age of 80. F…
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Former Mail head of sport and ‘Football Rascal’ Cooney loses cancer fight
Bryan Cooney, former Daily Mail head of sport, has died after a battle with prostate cancer. The Scot, who had also been chief sports writer for the D…
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A sledgehammer wit which made him a legend – RIP former Sun deputy sports editor Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes, the former Sun deputy sports editor, died on Wednesday, aged 67, after a short battle against cancer. Friend and colleague DAVE KIDD, The S…
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TV sports presenter and reporter Steve Lee dies suddenly at the age of 68
By ANTON RIPPON Former television sports presenter Steve Lee has died suddenly at the age of 68. For a generation of viewers in the Midlands, Lee was …
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