Fleet Street legend Sir Harold Evans dies aged 92

Legendary Fleet Street figure Sir Harold Evans has died in New York aged 92, prompting a string of plaudits for his work.

The former editor of The Sunday Times and editor-at-large for the Reuters news agency died of congestive heart failure, his wife Tina Brown said.

Born into a working-class family in Manchester in 1928, Sir Harold began his career as a journalist at a weekly newspaper in Ashton-under-Lyne aged 16.

He later rose through the newspaper industry with roles including assistant editor of the Manchester Evening News and, after a stint in the US, as editor of The Northern Echo in Darlington, where he forged his reputation and led campaigns resulting in a national screening programme for cervical cancer and a pardon for a man wrongly hanged for murder.

[tomhud]

so this guy was around when real journalism was something to be proud of.Well done Harold
RIP

[davidbarlow]

A time when the British press actually had journalist working in it.

[nickhanlon]

He resigned on a matter of principle. Good man.

[andrewhughes]

One of the few people in the world who should described as a Legend!

[Peter-wdyo]

He exposed those who produced thalidomide without checking side effects. Boy do we need him now.

Harold Evans said Rupert Murdoch was "evil Incarnate " how right he proved to be.

[vickybillingsley]

It is so sad he directed Spider-Man