Barry Askew [SEP] date of death
Barry Askew
Barry Askew (13 December 1936 – 17 April 2012) was a British journalist, editor of the "Lancashire Evening Post" and briefly of the "News of the World".
Askew grew up in Preston and worked for the "Lancashire Evening Post", winning the IPC National Press Awards Campaigning Journalist award in 1972, and soon becoming editor of the paper.
In April 1981, Askew was appointed as editor of the "News of the World", partly on the recommendation of Harold Evans
and Protestant persecuted as a heretic
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