Farewell – Obituaries

Posted: October 26th, 2021

IAN SHARP, a former Sunday Mail investigative reporter, lost a long battle with Parkinson’s disease on September 26 [2021] when he died …

Posted: October 2nd, 2021

DANNY GARRETT, who was The Sporting Life’s boxing correspondent (with Malcolm Hanover), died on September 29 [2021] aged 87. Danny had been …

Posted: October 2nd, 2021

GREG MISKIW, former Sunday Mirror journalist, has died, aged 71.

His daughter has given a full tribute to him in the Press Gazette.

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Posted: October 2nd, 2021

JOHN SHEARD, a former Sunday Mirror journalist, and long-running columnist on the Craven Herald, died on September 5 [2021], aged 82.

John spent …

Posted: September 13th, 2021

LEN GOULD, former editor of The People, died on September 12 [2021] at his home in Spain, following a lengthy cancer battle. …

Posted: September 9th, 2021

We are indebted to Sandra White for sharing her eulogy, which has been added to tributes at the foot of this post.

Our …

Posted: September 7th, 2021

DONALD ZEC, one of the greatest Daily Mirror journalists – and a long-time member of the AMP –  has died aged 102 …

Posted: August 25th, 2021

ALAN FREEMAN’S funeral is on Monday, September 20 at 10.15am at Beckenham Crematorium, Elmers End Road, Beckenham BR3 4TD. The …

Posted: August 10th, 2021

Mirror Library stalwart DEREK BLAND died on August 4 [2021], aged 89. He is remembered with great affection and a smile by …

Posted: July 31st, 2021

FORMER Mirror man DAVID WRIGHT died from cancer on July 31 [2021] in Florida. He was 82.

David joined the Daily Mirror from …

Posted: July 9th, 2021

FIDELMA COOK, a former deputy news editor at the Daily Record, died on June 26 [2021], aged 71, in hospital at Mossaic, …

Posted: June 14th, 2021

ALLAN WHITE spent his entire career on The Sporting Life, principally in the paper’s engine room, the Form Room. The Form Room …

Posted: June 3rd, 2021

MGN media expert RON CARPENTER died on April 19 [2021]. Ron was a long-term Mirror Group man, with a short break of …

Posted: May 6th, 2021

Former Sunday People journalist and, later, evangelical broadcaster DAN WOODING died on March 18, 2020, aged 81, from cancer. Dan worked on …

Posted: April 22nd, 2021

PETER COOK, intrepid Sunday Mirror photographer and the NUJ FoC for many years, died yesterday, April 21 [2021]. He had been suffering …

Posted: March 5th, 2021

JEFFREY BALLARD, who worked as an editorial clerk on The Sporting Life for more than 20 years, died on August 29 [2020]. …

Posted: March 1st, 2021

WITH apologies for the lateness of this post, we regret to record the death, on October 17 [2020], of MEL …

Posted: January 19th, 2021

WALTER STANLEY, former Mirror Group chief electrical engineer, died on January 16 [2021], aged 90. This tribute is from his family.

Walter joined …

Posted: January 16th, 2021

CHARLES DUNCAN, a remarkably popular senior editorial executive on the Daily Record and Sunday Mail for more than 30 years, has died, …

Posted: January 13th, 2021

BRIDGET ROWE, former editor of the TV Times, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, and later editor-in-chief of the Sunday People and Sunday …

Posted: January 11th, 2021

BRlAN CROWTHER, former Daily Mirror crime reporter, died on January 9 [2021], aged 87. He is pictured, far right, with his brother …

Posted: January 7th, 2021

ADRIAN BROWN, who ran the night sports desk on the Daily Mirror in the 1970s, died on Boxing Day [2020] at the …

Posted: December 11th, 2020

Former Mirror Group promotions and publicity man MIKE ROSE died on November 18 [2020]. He was 84 and had been suffering from …

Posted: December 9th, 2020

JAMES McINALLY, formerly of the Daily Record process department, died on November 17, [2020] aged 88. The reference to the Daily Record …

Posted: December 3rd, 2020

MALCOLM HANOVER, former boxing correspondent and sub-editor on The Sporting Life, died today [Dec 3, 2020], following complications after a fall at …

Posted: December 2nd, 2020

TOM BANHAM, who died on November 2 [2020], aged 86, was manager of the Mirror’s Holborn Post Room. Prior to that, he …

Posted: December 1st, 2020

BOB IRELAND, giant character, legendary Mirror sub and king of the one-par headlines, died today (Dec 1, 2020), aged 82. Bob also …

Posted: November 26th, 2020

JOHN CAPEL, long-serving Daily Mirror compositor, and later FOC of the Daily Mirror Composing Room Chapel, died on February 13 [2020], aged …

Posted: November 22nd, 2020

FORMER Daily Mirror Diarist and feature writer PAUL CALLAN has died. (Image: Mirrorpix)

By ANDY LINES, Daily Mirror: PAUL CALLAN had an extraordinary …

Posted: November 15th, 2020

DEREK MASTERTON, one of the best-liked of Scottish journalists, died on November 14 [2020], aged 66.

Derek spent 30 years on the Daily …

Posted: November 8th, 2020

FORMER Daily Record production journalist and sub-editor DAVID KELSO died in Ayr Hospital on November 3 [2020], from cancer. He was 63.

Educated …

Posted: October 17th, 2020

Charles ‘Charlie’ Smith, a former sports editor of the Daily Record, died in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in September …

Posted: October 17th, 2020

LESLEY HARDIE, a feature writer on the Daily Record, died in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on July 20 [2020]. …

Posted: September 29th, 2020

WE have recently heard of the death on August 28 [2020] of William “Bill” Payne, former Daily Record wire room manager. He …

Posted: September 18th, 2020

WE ARE very sad to have to announce the death, on September 12 [2020] of AMP committee member and former MGN finance …

Posted: August 26th, 2020

WE ARE sorry to learn of the death on June 26 [2020] of AMP member MICHAEL MURRAY. He was 79. Universally known …

Posted: August 2nd, 2020

We are very sad to report the death on July 30 of JIMMY BAYNES, six weeks short of his 97th birthday. This …

Posted: July 15th, 2020

Thanks to ROBIN PARKIN who phoned from France to let us know about the death, on July 8 [2020], of WILLY WOLFF. …

Posted: July 9th, 2020

STEPHEN CARPENTER, a former deputy circulation manager at MGN, died on June 11 [2020]. He was 94.

After leaving the Navy, Stephen worked …

Posted: July 2nd, 2020

Former award-winning Daily Record photographer CRAIG HALKETT has died, aged 64. A grandfather of six and great-grandfather of one, Craig died suddenly …

Posted: June 28th, 2020

TONY HOSKINS, who spent most of his professional life working on the Daily Mirror’s Live Letters column, died on June 10 [2020] …

Posted: June 19th, 2020

Former greyhound editor of The Sporting Life BOB BETTS has died, aged 75, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital [June 19, 2020] following treatment after …

Posted: June 3rd, 2020

PAT WELLAND has been in touch to let us know that former Daily Mirror man BRIAN SUTHERLAND, “master journalist and master raconteur”, …

Posted: May 30th, 2020

Veteran Daily Mirror newsdesk secretary LOUISE FLOOD – she has worked at the Mirror for approaching 40 years – wanted to share …

Posted: May 18th, 2020

From Andy Golden:

Former Sunday Mirror journalist STEVE BAILEY died on May 14 [2020] after a long illness.

Steve, 65, was a highly respected …

Posted: May 15th, 2020

With thanks to Chris Johnson, Liverpool Daily Echo

FRANK CORLESS, who was the Daily Mirror’s Merseyside and North Wales district reporter for more …

Posted: May 15th, 2020

Main report and picture: Chris Johnson/Luke Traynor – Liverpool Echo

Tributes have been paid to BILL MEALEY,  legendary Liverpool photographer and former northern …

Posted: May 5th, 2020

We’ve just heard the sad news that the Sunday People’s GRAHAM BALL died yesterday [May 4, 2020]. Pictured here in 1984, Graham …

Posted: March 26th, 2020

FRED LOFTHOUSE, who worked at MGN in the cashiers, and later in the Holborn library, died yesterday (Mar 25, 2020). He was …

Posted: March 7th, 2020

Former Daily Mirror reporter SYDNEY YOUNG died on March 6 [2020]. Syd had been in hospital for a few days with pneumonia …