Kerry Gill

Posted: December 18, 2025

KERRY GILL, a former senior reporter on the Daily Record, has died aged 78. His funeral took place on December 12, 2025.

He’s remembered as the “consummate professional” and looked after the Record’s Page 6 which analysed an event of the day. His words were sparkling. The then editor-in chief of SDR&SM, Endell Laird, said it was a read for those with their Highers – the Scottish equivalent of A-levels. Kerry became known to colleagues as the King of Page 6, and also, irreverently, as the Page 6 boy, with a nod to The Sun’s Page 3.

Following a redundancy sweep, Kerry joined the Scottish Daily Express where he edited the William Hickey page. He was later appointed editor.

AMP Committee member Malcolm Speed, a former news editor of the Record who brought Kerry to the paper in a specialist role, said: “Kerry was the ultimate professional who could always be relied on, and could turn his hand to anything. He was highly regarded by fellow journalists in Scotland. He will be sadly missed”.

Ross Wilson, the Record’s former finance editor, now running his eponymous PR agency, said: “I was deeply impressed by the bravery with which Kerry endured his illness and extremely grateful to have spent two afternoons with him as we reminisced about our time at the Record. He was an extraordinary journalist, but, more importantly, a thoroughly good person who commanded great respect from his peers far beyond the Scottish Daily Express and the Daily Record.”

Anna Smith, the Record’s former chief reporter, said: “Kerry Gill was a consummate professional who brought a sophistication to his exemplary work. He was the go-to man on complex stories which he transformed into engaging and highly readable pieces. I admired him very much, both as a person and as a journalist, and he will be sorely missed.”

Sincere condolences to the family.