Angus McGill
English journalist (1927–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angus McGill MBE (26 November 1927 – 16 October 2015) was an English journalist who made his name writing a humorous weekly column in the London Evening Standard, which ran for 30 years documenting all that was eccentric about London life. In 1968, with the illustrator Dominic Poelsma,[1] he also created a daily cartoon strip called Clive, later renamed Augusta.[2] McGill won the British Press Award as Descriptive Writer of the Year 1968[3] and was appointed MBE in 1990.[4]
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Angus McGill | |
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Born | 26 November 1927 South Shields, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 16 October 2015(2015-10-16) (aged 87) United Kingdom |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Education | former Warehousemen, Clerks’ and Drapers’ School |
Occupation | Journalist |
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