RIP Sir Alastair Burnett...

• Guest 655

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  20 July 2012     12:03183697
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  It has been announced by Andrew Neil on behalf of his family.
  
  Neil has written...
  
  """He passed away peacefully in the middle of the night at the Beatrice Place Nursing Home in Kensington, where he was being cared for after suffering several strokes. He was 84.
  
  Alastair was one of the greatest journalists of his generation, as much at home in print (he edited The Economist and the Daily Express) as TV news and current affairs, where he was a legendary figure as Britain's premier newscaster and anchorman."""
• howard mcsweeney1

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  20 July 2012     12:33183709
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  a consummate professional and will be fondly remembered.
• Brian Dixon

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  20 July 2012     16:19183732
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  will be sadly missed by all.
• Guest 657

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  20 July 2012     18:28183755
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  Very sad news.
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• Guest 653

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  21 July 2012     06:10183834
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  Certainly a great professional and great presenter of news.
  
  
  
  
  Roger