Frank Johnson (journalist)
- Frank Johnson (journalist)
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Frank Robert Johnson (January 20 1943–December 15 2006) was an English journalist.
Career
Early Career
He was a junior reporter at the "North West Evening Mail" in Barrow-in-Furness from 1965 to 1966. One of the duties of news staff was to cover sport, which was an unwelcome intrusion into the weekend. Johnson once reported the score of a Barrow Rugby League match inaccurately and was cursed as a bloody fool by his editor on the Monday morning. However, he never had to cover sport again.
Later Career
He was the editor of the conservative "Spectator" magazine from 1995 to 1999 and was a popular columnist for "The Daily Telegraph". He had a particular reputation for his work as a parliamentary sketch writer, as which he was widely regarded as the most incisive and amusing commentator of his generation.
Personal Life
He married Virginia Fraser, the widow of Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat, in 1998 who survives him. He died after a seven-year fight against cancer. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=VXYMN1ND204L1QFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2006/12/15/ufrank115.xml Frank Johnson dies] telegraph.co.uk]
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