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British newspaper editor
Joseph Kenneth Donlan
(27 September 1927 ? 23 May 1994)
[1]
was a British newspaper editor.
Donlan was born in
Salford
[2]
and worked for the
Daily Mail
for 25 years at their offices in London and Manchester. In 1971 he moved to rival tabloid
The Sun
where he became news editor. He was briefly editor of the
News of the World
from 1980 to 1981 before returning to
The Sun
as
managing editor
. In 1989, he became the first national newspaper
ombudsman
in the United Kingdom.
Donlan died at the age of 66 in
Chislehurst
.
[3]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- ^
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
- ^
"Obituary: Kenneth Donlan"
.
The Independent
. 24 May 1994
. Retrieved
6 September
2011
.