Tributes to lifelong NUJ member once covered with manure by cult member
Obituaries
Welcome to our obituaries section where we remember the lives of those local and regional press journalists who are no longer with us.
If you know of any journalist who should be included, please let us know by emailing editor.htfp@and.co.uk
Regional daily cricket journalist dies suddenly aged 54
Tributes from editor and international sportsmen to correspondent
Photographer who captured ‘defining’ image of Aberfan disaster dies at 85
Tributes paid to picture chief who spent more than 40 years with sister dailies
Review of 2017: Those we have lost
Journalists to whom the industry bade a final farewell in the past year
Daily reporter known as ‘Nugget of the News’ dies aged 61
Tributes to “tremendously engaging, witty, lively, informed and knowledgeable character”
Training pioneer whose career spanned eight decades dies at 96
Journalist worked on both regional and national titles
‘Pioneer’ who was one of UK’s first female chief reporters dies aged 91
Tributes to journalist who spent 42 years with daily
Journalist cremated with copies of old newspapers after death aged 85
Tributes to reporter who covered Yorkshire Ripper and Bradford fire
Journalist who was music critic for rival dailies dies aged 85
Tributes paid to “one of the chief chroniclers of the era”
‘Bright and popular’ journalism student found dead in flat aged 29
Tributes paid to football fan after sudden death
Former marine who became deputy editor of daily dies aged 90
Tributes to WW2 commando turned regional journalist
Regional journalist who started out in PR dies aged 85
Reporter made career switch after starting as press officer
Weekly journalist who wrote under nom-de-plume dies aged 74
Writer was “backbone” of news team for decades
Journalist who won MBE for regional daily work dies aged 90
Tributes paid to “great servant” to newspaper
Former weekly picture editor and ‘great news man’ dies aged 80
Tributes paid to photographer with “terrific imagination”