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Colleagues from his 45 year career with the Gazette and Herald have been paying tribute. He retired in 1990. Ian Girvan worked as a junior reporter for him in 1962. "He was a very kind and tolerant man," he said. "I was fortunate to have him as a boss. He left me to it and wasn't too prescriptive about things. He was that old fashioned sort of local journalist that is so rare these days. He knew everything on his patch." Nigel Kerton was his opposite number in the Marlborough area. "He was Mr Devizes," he said. "Everyone knew who he was. He was a real old fashioned professional."