Richard Baker (broadcaster)
Richard Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Douglas James Baker[1] 15 June 1925 |
| Died | 17 November 2018(aged 93) Oxford,England |
| Occupation | Broadcaster forBBC News |
| Years active | 1954–2007 |
| Spouse(s) |
Margaret Martin
(m.1961;"his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead.2018) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Albert Baker Jane Isobel Baker (née Baxter) |
Richard Douglas James BakerOBERD(15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an Englishbroadcaster.Baker was best known as a newsreader forBBC Newsfrom 1954 to 1982. He was the first reader of theBBC Television News(in voiceover) in 1954.[2]
Baker made cameo appearances in three episodes (30, 33 and 39) ofMonty Python's Flying Circusand in the 1977Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show.He also narratedMary, Mungo and Midge(1969).
Baker died on 18 November 2018, at theJohn Radcliffe HospitalinOxford,aged 93.[3]
References
[change|change source]- ↑Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 1976.Retrieved 17 November 2018
- ↑Thumim, Janet (16 December 2004),Inventing television culture,Oxford: OUP,ISBN9780198742234
- ↑"Former BBC News Presenter Richard Baker dies at 93 • News".17 November 2018. Archived fromthe originalon 18 November 2018.Retrieved17 November2018.
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