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Sad death of a former journalist

A former Newcastle Evening Chronicle reporter has died in hospital, aged 78.

Marian Murray suffered a heart attack before passing away in an Oldham hospital the following day.

Oldham-born Marian worked for the Evening Chronicle’s reporting team for 12 years before retiring in 1982.

She began her career on her local paper, the Oldham Chornicle, where she went on to work for 22 years.

Between 1954 and 1970, she wrote the women’s page, before moving on to Newcastle in a similar role.

She leaves behind her husband George, who is also a retired journalist, the couple had lived in Whitley Bay, but returned to Oldham to be closer to their family.

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