Former Huddersfield Daily Examiner editor Ivan Malcolm Lee has died.

The 75-year-old had worked at the Yorkshire title for more than 40 years, following his father, Alfred, into journalism at the age of 16.

After starting out a reporter in 1947, he later worked as a sub editor and assistant news editor before being appointed news editor in 1965.

Ivan (pictured) then worked as production editor and as director of planning and development before taking the editor's chair in April 1976.

He was also a director of the Examiner's former parent company, Joseph Woodhead and Sons Ltd, becoming chairman in 1985.

He was instrumental in the introduction of new technology in the 1980s and oversaw the paper's move from its former home in Ramsden Street to Queen Street South.

During his early career, he was a member of the Young Newspapermen's Association and later the Yorkshire Region of the Guild of Editors.

Among his proudest achievements was the campaign in 1987 which raised £500,000 for a body scanner at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

Former colleague Alan Driscoll, who worked with Ivan for many years, said: "He was a very active man and many will remember him striding out on the streets of Huddersfield."

Ivan was the newspaper's seventh editor, taking over from Richard Harrison in 1976 and holding the post until 1991.

He leaves a widow, Mary, who he met during his time as a court reporter when she was a WPc with Huddersfield Police.

The couple married in 1954 and have four children Marcus, David, Mandy and John, and five grandchildren.