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BBC Reporter Brian Hanrahan has died

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    mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,308
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    Very sad news on top of Anthony Howard dying as well. :(

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12035026
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    GeorgeSGeorgeS Posts: 20,039
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    Will always be remembered as 1 of only 2 tv correspondents covering the Falklands War from the islands (along with Mike Nicholson from ITN)
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    mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,308
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    GeorgeS wrote: »
    Will always be remembered as 1 of only 2 tv correspondents covering the Falklands War from the islands (along with Mike Nicholson from ITN)

    Yes, his famous "I counted them all out, and I counted them all in" comment about the Harriers returning to HMS Ark Royal I think it was.

    he was one of those journalists with a certain gravitas.
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    Andy2Andy2 Posts: 11,949
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    What a blow. He was one of the most fair-minded and objective reporters the BBC has ever had.

    So far this Christmas we've had Captain Beefheart, Anthony Howard and Brian Hanrahan.
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    tiger2000tiger2000 Posts: 8,541
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    Very sad news, one of the old style news reporters who acutally reported the "facts" as he saw them without putting 'spin' on the story as happens too often these days.
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    Mark.Mark. Posts: 84,922
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    That's come as a shock. It seems like not so long ago I saw him reporting on the 6 or 10.

    I didn't even know he had cancer. Very sad news indeed.
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    GeorgeSGeorgeS Posts: 20,039
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    He seemed largely confimed to BBC World and Radio 4 in recent years. He was quite good on The World Tonight and The World This Weekend on Radio 4. It probably better suited his talents really.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    Sad indeed. I can't find ANY information on whether he left a wife or kids.?????????
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    fhs man 2fhs man 2 Posts: 7,591
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    Spot wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12037973

    out of years of watching bbc news i never seen this guy.
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    oulandyoulandy Posts: 18,242
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    mossy2103 wrote: »
    Yes, his famous "I counted them all out, and I counted them all in" comment about the Harriers returning to HMS Ark Royal I think it was.

    he was one of those journalists with a certain gravitas.

    "... and I counted them all back."
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    ShrewnShrewn Posts: 6,849
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    Great journo, one of the last "old school" types out there. He was on Radio 4 only a few weeks back. Sad news indeed
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    CRTHDCRTHD Posts: 7,602
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    Indeed sad news. He always came across as a gent.

    Likewise Tony Howard.
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    lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    Sad indeed. I can't find ANY information on whether he left a wife or kids.?????????

    According to Who's Who he married in 1986 and had one daughter. No further details there but it is confirmed by a quick check of the civil registration index.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    lundavra wrote: »
    According to Who's Who he married in 1986 and had one daughter. No further details there but it is confirmed by a quick check of the civil registration index.

    Cheers, must obviously have been a very private man (and any not) for you to need to go to those lengths to discover....

    EDIT; now that I had "daughter" to google, the trusty old Independent had the info:-
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-journalist-brian-hanrahan-dies-2165067.html
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    mr williamsmr williams Posts: 1,744
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    When somebody in the public eye dies, the great and the good are trotted out to say nice things about them.

    Sometimes they only do it because they feel they have too, but on others it's because they genuinely want too.

    With Brian Hanrahan, it'll be because they want to. We have lost one of the great reporters of the age.
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    Ginger DaddyGinger Daddy Posts: 8,507
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    He inspired the name of this character in The Day Today:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rymdJPZGt_Y

    :D
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    sparkie70sparkie70 Posts: 3,053
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    Very sad to hear the passing of Brian Hanrahan as I did not know he had cancer.
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    Staffs SteveStaffs Steve Posts: 121
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    Brian's reputation was imense. Whenever a newscaster introduced a report with the words "Brian Hanrahan reporting" you knew you would get an informative and balanced report that you could trust.

    A real loss to BBC news.
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    Andy WalmsleyAndy Walmsley Posts: 841
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    Last on tv just last week on Celebrity Eggheads, recorded in the summer I think, where he talked to Dermot about that famous Falklands report.
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