FUNERAL DETAILS SEE BELOW Former Times deputy sports editor Clive White has died peacefully at the age of 71 at his daughter Chloe’s home after a lo…
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Category: Obituaries
RIP: Vikki Orvice, trail-blazer, dies after long battle with cancer
Vikki Orvice, friend, colleague and valued member of the Sports Journalists’ Association died today after a long battle with cancer. Former Sun…
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Thanks for the laughter – RIP Hugh McIlvanney
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA president, pays a wonderful tribute to Hugh McIlvanney, who has died at the age of 84 One winter evening in the eig…
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Memorial service to celebrate the life of James Lawton
A memorial service to celebrate the life of James Lawton will be held at St Bride’s, Fleet Street on Thursday 28 February (11.30am). La…
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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…
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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…
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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, …
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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…
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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…
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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 EMERY, …
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