Farewell – Obituaries

Posted: October 29, 2026

ANDY BURNS, deputy production editor on The sporting Life, died on October 17 [2026]. He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer last …

Posted: October 29, 2026

Debbie Matthews let us know about the death of her Dad, CYRIL NEWTON, who died on September 27 [2026]. She said: I do …

Posted: October 29, 2026

IAN HARRISON, former deputy editor of the Sporting Life Weekender, died on September 25 [2026] aged 80.

He joined the Weekender around 1986/87, …

Posted: September 13, 2026

Felicity Green, OBE , trail-blazing women’s and fashion editor on the Daily Mirror, who later joined the board as publicity director, died …

Posted: September 1, 2026

KEN OLIVER, a distinguished figure in racing journalism, has died aged 86. His funeral will take place at Basildon Crematorium at …

Posted: August 24, 2026

ALBERT COOPER, renowned Daily Mirror sports photographer, died on August 15, 2026, aged 90. He is pictured with then Liverpool FC manager …

Posted: July 13, 2026

FORMER Daily Mirror City man and AMP committee member TONY PATEY died on July 10 [2026] following a spell in hospital.  RIP …

Posted: July 9, 2026

FORMER Sunday Mirror editor PAUL CONNEW died on July 3 [2026]. He was 79. Paul’s funeral will take place on August 13 …

Posted: July 8, 2026

NOEL YOUNG, editor of the Sunday Mail at its circulation peak of one million, died on June 27 [2026], aged 86. He …

Posted: July 6, 2026

DOUG NEWTON, the senior starting-price reporter for The Sporting Life from 1975 to 1998, died on May 29 [2026]. He was 93.

Doug, …

Posted: June 6, 2026

THE death has been announced of Dave King, long-serving Daily Record industrial and political correspondent. His funeral is …

Posted: April 7, 2026

KENNETH McPherson, former Daily Record chief sub-editor and production editor, died on March 6 [2026], after a short illness. He was 78. …

Posted: March 21, 2026

MONTY COURT, former editor of The Sporting Life, has died, aged 97

MONTY’s funeral will take place at noon …

Posted: March 21, 2026

Peter ‘PJ’ WILSON, former news editor of the Sunday Mirror, died on March 18 [2026], aged 78. His funeral is …

Posted: March 2, 2026

SUNDAY Mail picture editor DAVID McNEIL died on February 17 [2026], aged 80. A celebration of his life will follow …

Posted: February 12, 2026

FORMER executive editor of The Sporting Life, JEREMY CHAPMAN, died on February 11 [2026], aged 84. His wife Christa and …

Posted: February 12, 2026

Much loved sub-editor PETER LEWIS, for more than three decades the Mirror’s master confectioner of whimsy, died on January 21 [2026], after …

Posted: February 5, 2026

SUNDAY MAIL journalist, FRANK HURLEY, died on January 27, [2026], aged 81. A celebration of Frank’s life will follow …

Posted: January 22, 2026

JOHN ENOS, former editorial manager of the Scottish Daily Record, died, aged 91, on January 12 [2026]. A celebration of …

Posted: December 30, 2025

FORMER Fleet Street editor and legendary Mirror executive, BILL HAGERTY, died on Boxing Day [2025], aged 86. There will be …

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 …

Posted: October 3, 2025

Former Sporting Life deputy chief-sub JOHN O’CARROLL died on September 25 [2025], at the age of 84. He had been …

Posted: September 30, 2025

BRIAN MCCARTNEY, a former deputy chief reporter of the Daily Record, and a legend in Scottish journalism, died in …

Posted: September 17, 2025

WE have heard only recently that ARCHIE NEWHOUSE, former greyhound editor of The Sporting Life, and later secretary of the …

Posted: September 7, 2025

FORMER Daily Mirror sports desk secretary CHRIS KELLY died on August 16 [2025], aged 79. Irrepressible and ever popular, Chris …

Posted: August 13, 2025

FORMER  boxing champion and Sunday People sports writer FRANKIE TAYLOR died in Heysham, Lancashire, on July 17 [2025]. He was …

Posted: August 7, 2025

NICK KENT, former Daily Mirror features chief sub-editor, and later managing director of Peter Owen Publishers, died on July 22, …

Posted: August 1, 2025

BARRIE WARD TURNER, former accounts clerk in the MGN bought ledger department, died on May 30 [2025], aged 86. 

BARRIE Turner …

Posted: June 23, 2025

ARTHUR EVERETT, former advertisement make-up manager at Mirror Group, died at home, surrounded by his family, on December 27 [2024]. …

Posted: May 6, 2025

FORMER Daily Mirror production journalist PETER SLOAN died on May 1 [2025], aged 73. His funeral is on May 28 …

Posted: April 24, 2025

WALLY McKENNA, formerly of the Mirror Group IT department, passed away unexpectedly on March 25 [2025]. His funeral was held at …

Posted: February 19, 2025

JOE HAINES, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and later political editor, leader writer, …

Posted: January 1, 2025

STEVE WHITE’S funeral will be held on Tuesday, January 21, at 11.30 am at Oldham Crematorium (Hollinwood Cemetery), Roman Rd, …

Posted: November 28, 2024

GEORGE EASTON, former deputy circulation director at the Daily Record & Sunday Mail, died suddenly on November 26 [2024], aged …

Posted: November 24, 2024

KEN IRWIN, TV and showbusiness editor of the Daily Mirror in the 1970s and 80s, died on November 21 [2024] …

Posted: November 1, 2024

 One of racing’s great characters, the much-loved and admired writer ALASTAIR DOWN, has died at the age of 68 [November …

Posted: November 1, 2024

BERYL BRYAN, former Sunday People newsdesk secretary, died on September 2, [2024] at Avon Cliff Care Home in Bournemouth, aged …

Posted: September 24, 2024

REVEL BARKER, former Sunday Mirror foreign editor and later Mirror Group managing editor, died on September 9 [2024], aged 79. He had …

Posted: September 1, 2024

RODGER BAILLIE, who had a glittering career as a sports writer at the Daily Record, Sunday Mirror and The Sun, died on …

Posted: August 29, 2024

DAILY Mirror features sub KEVIN MEMERY died during the weekend of August 24/25 [2024] at a care facility near his …

Posted: August 24, 2024

Mirror library stalwart DEREK DRURY died on July 20 [2024] in St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. He was 90. His son …

Posted: August 16, 2024

During more than 50 years in newspapers, ALLAN HERRON, who died on August 13 [2024] aged 95, was front and centre at …

Posted: August 11, 2024

MARK PRITCHETT, former MGN advertisement sales director, died on June 12 [2024], aged 70.

Obituary by former MGN colleague, ROGER EASTOE: …

Posted: August 7, 2024

FORMER Mirror Reels man ARNOLD “DENNIS” MOLEN died, aged 95, on July 13 [2024], following a fall at home

His …

Posted: July 23, 2024

DOUGLAS WATSON, a former engineer at the Daily Record, died on April 14 [2024], aged 79.

A trained marine engineer before joining the …

Posted: June 18, 2024

JONATHAN NEESOM, former point-to-point correspondent on The Sporting Life, died aged 72 on June 11 [2024]. In later life, he became a …

Posted: April 25, 2024

ALEX SCOTLAND, a former top Sunday Mail reporter, died aged 80 on April 9 [2024], after a short illness. His …

Posted: April 2, 2024

ROGER TODD, former Daily Mirror Home Affairs correspondent, died on March 22 [2024], aged 84, in a Surrey care home.

Roger …

Posted: March 27, 2024

ALAN SHILLUM – Al to one and all – former Daily Mirror news editor, pensions trustee and AMP committee member, …

Posted: March 26, 2024

JOHN HARVEY, a member of the SDR&SM editorial team, has died. He was 71. He passed away in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow …