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| Journalist Lord Deedes dies at 94 | Journalist Lord Deedes dies at 94 |
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| The veteran journalist William 'Bill' Deedes has died aged 94. | The veteran journalist William 'Bill' Deedes has died aged 94. |
| Lord Deedes was the only man to have edited a newspaper - the Telegraph - and to have been in the cabinet. | Lord Deedes was the only man to have edited a newspaper - the Telegraph - and to have been in the cabinet. |
| He spent the majority of his adult life writing for national newspapers and became known as the "Grand Old Man of Fleet Street". | He spent the majority of his adult life writing for national newspapers and became known as the "Grand Old Man of Fleet Street". |
| The young Bill Deedes was the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh's infamous reporter William Boot in the novel Scoop. | The young Bill Deedes was the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh's infamous reporter William Boot in the novel Scoop. |
| Lord Deedes died at his home in Kent after a short illness. | |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain owed a "huge debt of gratitude" for Lord Deedes' public service. | |
| "He started writing as a professional journalist more than 76 years ago and few have served journalism and the British people for so long at such a high level of distinction and with such a popular following," he said. |