Obituary: Derek Jameson

Jameson, who suffered a fatal heart attack at his home on Wednesday, was born in poverty in London's East End where, without parents, he grew up in care.

He began work at Reuters’ 85 Fleet Street headquarters as a messenger boy and rose through the ranks to become an editorial executive before moving on in 1959 to edit some of Britain's biggest newspapers – the Daily Express, the Daily Star and the News of the World. He was also managing editor of the Daily Mirror. After his 16 years with Reuters he said his training there had been “the best school of all”.

PHOTO: Derek Jameson during his Reuters years. ■