Bob Edwards (British journalist)

Robert John Edwards CBE (26 October 1925 – 28 May 2012)[1] was a British journalist.

Edwards was editor of Tribune (1951–54), a feature writer on the Evening Standard (1954–57), deputy editor of the Sunday Express (1957–59), managing editor of the Daily Express (1959–1961) then its editor (1961), editor of the Glasgow Evening Citizen (1962–63), editor of the Daily Express again (1963–65), editor of the Sunday People (1966–1972) and editor of the Sunday Mirror[2] (1972–1984). He was a director of Mirror Group Newspapers from 1976 to 1988.

Edwards published an autobiography in 1988, Goodbye Fleet Street.

He was appointed a CBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours.

He was interviewed by National Life Stories (C467/10) in 2007 for the 'Oral History of the British Press' collection held by the British Library.[3]

Edwards died on 28 May 2012, aged 86. He is survived by his second wife, Brigid Segrave, and four children from his previous marriage to Laura Ellwood.[4]

References

1. Revel Barker "Bob Edwards: Journalist who edited the 'Daily Express', 'The People' and the 'Sunday Mirror'", The Independent,
2. Morton, Andrew (1998). Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words. Pocket. p. 160. ISBN 0-671-02412-4. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
3. National Life Stories, 'Edwards, Bob (1 of 4) National Life Stories Collection: 'Oral History of the British Press', The British Library Board, 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
4. Aitken, Ian (30 May 2012). "Bob Edwards obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 October 2019.