Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Ode to the Sub-Editor
Newsroom Picture 1991
Michael O'Flaherty
We are sad to report that Mike, a great reporter and friend, died on February 12, 2012 at the age of 74. He had been suffering from heart problems and skin cancer.
A hard man with a heart of gold
A Fleet Street legend, the Drone's tribute
Bill Jarvis
More bad news. Fleet Street veteran Bill Jarvis died on 6th March, 2012 in distressing circumstances. He collapsed with a heart attack at Kings Cross Station returning home from a subbing shift on the Daily Express. He was 75. Picture
Norman Luck
We have another shocking and untimely death to report. Ace reporter Norman Luck died peacefully in hospital on 4th March 2012 from lung and bone cancer. He was 71 and leaves a wife Ann who was at his bedside when he died. Norman had been receiving chemotherapy for some time but did not want his friends to know.
In full: David Eliades' funeral address
Norman's wisdom: A Drone tribute
ROGER WATKINS reports from the wake: One colleague, no names, no pack drill, reluctantly ordered a cup of tea instead of wine (driving etc). "Oh, go on," we said, "one won't do any harm." To which the withering reply came: "Why would I want only one?"
So good that it's going to replace And Pigs Flew Down Fleet Street as the title of my (as yet unwritten) autobiography.
ASHLEY WALTON reports on a huge
Bruce Kemble
We are sad to report the death of Bruce Kemble, former education correspondent of the Daily Express and father of the NUJ chapel. He was 74.
Lunchtime horror - Picture