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'World's oldest columnist' dies | 'World's oldest columnist' dies |
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A Londoner believed to be the world's oldest newspaper columnist has died at the age of 101. | A Londoner believed to be the world's oldest newspaper columnist has died at the age of 101. |
Rose Hacker, who wrote a column every fortnight for the Camden New Journal, died after a short illness. | Rose Hacker, who wrote a column every fortnight for the Camden New Journal, died after a short illness. |
A former author and sex therapist, Mrs Hacker had her first column published in September 2006 - when she was 100. | |
Her first column - about nuclear disarmament - led to her being offered a fortnightly column. Messages of support have poured in from readers. | Her first column - about nuclear disarmament - led to her being offered a fortnightly column. Messages of support have poured in from readers. |
One thanked her for "speaking so much sense through all the noise". | One thanked her for "speaking so much sense through all the noise". |
Born to Jewish parents in east London in 1906, Mrs Hacker first trained as a clothes designer and became a radical socialist in the 1930s. | Born to Jewish parents in east London in 1906, Mrs Hacker first trained as a clothes designer and became a radical socialist in the 1930s. |
She later joined the Marriage Guidance Council and became one of the country's early sex therapists. | She later joined the Marriage Guidance Council and became one of the country's early sex therapists. |
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