Ron Sly

Ron Sly was almost unprecedented in our high pressure, sometimes tantrum filled competitive world of journalism: though he had the voice of a great actor, he never raised it. 

Renowned throughout Reuters as the most solid and reliable of deskmen, he was even better known as having the sweetest disposition in the business. Maybe that was because his abiding interests were the theatre and poetry. So, in a line he would have known well, “Goodnight, sweet prince.” ■