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Bill Bateson RIP
September 28, 2009
It is with regret that we pay tribute to Bill Bateson, the former sports editor of the News of the World, who died last week at his home in Truro, Cornwall. He was 73.
Bateson was a legend on Fleet Street and in sports journalism. He worked at the NoW for 34 years, seeing it move from broadsheet to tabloid and surviving no less than 14 editors. A devoted Arsenal fan, Bateson rarely missed games, both at Highbury and latterly the Emirates, until illness made the journey from Cornwall too difficult. He is survived by his wife, daughter Sally, son Paul and his five grandchildren.
Many years ago, one of Swordplay’s scribes had the great pleasure of sharing lunch with Bateson and, as he called them, some “fellow travellers”. It was neither an occasion of salacious revelry, nor one of weary temperance. It was, however, a repast in which wit, bonhomie and zest for life obscured all other emotions. Our scribe went on to discover that such was always the case when Bateson was at the table.
More recently, the increasingly acerbic Times columnist Giles Coren lambasted the old-school luncheon culture in a piece whose peg was the death of Keith Floyd but whose targets included those on Fleet Street who might share the late TV chef’s more sociable tendencies. We know not if Coren knew Bateson, but we find it hard to believe that he could say a word against him. What is certain is that we mourn the passing of one of the last great Fleet Street journalists.
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Patrick
Posted: Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:03 pm1The Lasting Tribute website has updated its memorial pages to include Keith Floyd.
http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/floyd/3149562
It’s a respectful memorial to him and somewhere to pay tribute to his life and work, entertaining people and cooking good food.
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