Bob Edwards (British journalist)

For other people with the same name, see Robert Edwards (disambiguation).

Robert John Edwards CBE (26 October 1925 – 28 May 2012) 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[1] (1972–1984). He was a director of Mirror Group Newspapers from 1976 to 1988.

He published an autobiography in 1988, Goodbye Fleet Street. 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.[2]

Edwards was appointed a CBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours.[3] He died on 28 May 2012, at the age of 86.[4]

References

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

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Preceded by Michael Foot and Evelyn Anderson	Editor of Tribune 1952–1955	Succeeded by Michael Foot
Preceded by Edward Pickering	Deputy Editor of the Sunday Express 1957–1959	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edward Pickering	Acting Editor of the Daily Express 1961	Succeeded by Roger Wood
Preceded by Roger Wood	Editor of the Daily Express 1963–1965	Succeeded by Derek Marks
Preceded by Stuart Campbell	Editor of the Sunday People 1966–1972	Succeeded by Geoffrey Pinnington
Preceded by Michael Christiansen	Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1972–1984	Succeeded by Peter Thompson