Journalist and broadcaster Alan
Whicker has died at the age of 87 after suffering from bronchial pneumonia.
His spokeswoman said he died in the early hours of Friday morning at his home
in Jersey.
With a TV career that stretched nearly six decades, he was best known for his
long-running documentary series, Whicker's World.
The show, which ran from 1959 to 1988 on both the BBC and ITV, saw him travel
all over the world.
The series featured Whicker reporting on the unusual and bizarre,
interviewing all types of people from millionaires and monks to gangsters and
dictators.
He once said he counted himself one of the luckiest men in the world because
he enjoyed his work so much.
Valerie Kleeman, Whicker's partner of more than 40 years, said she was "lucky
to have shared" his life.
He once said he counted himself one of the luckiest men in the world because
he enjoyed his work so much.
Valerie Kleeman, Whicker's partner of more than 40 years, said she was "lucky
to have shared" his life.
Whicker was made a CBE in
2005 "A few years ago a poll asked who was the most envied man in the country -
and Alan won by a country mile!" she said.
He joined the BBC in 1957, where he became a correspondent for the flagship
current affairs show Tonight.
There he was credited with bringing interview techniques like walking to
camera and cutaways to television.
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