David Capper

David Houston Capper^[1] (19 November 1932 – 23 March 2024) was a Northern Irish journalist and correspondent.

David Capper
Born	David Houston Capper (1932-11-19)19 November 1932 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	23 March 2024(2024-03-23) (aged 91) Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)	Journalist, correspondent
Years active	1950s–before 2001
Employer(s)	BBC Northern Ireland (1961–1987)
Children	3

Early life and career

Born in Belfast on 19 November 1932,^[2] Capper started his career at the Newtownards Chronicle. He spent a few years working in Vancouver. Capper later returned to Northern Ireland and worked as an editor at a local newspaper, before joining the Belfast Telegraph and the BBC. Capper left BBC after 26 years, in 1987. He continued to work in media advising developing radio stations abroad, before eventually settling in Donaghadee.^[3] Capper had retired by 2001.^[4] He last appeared on BBC in July 2019 as a guest in a podcast with Walter Love.^[5]

Personal life and death

Capper had three children and nine grandchildren.^[6] Capper died in a care center in Bangor, County Down^[1] on 23 March 2024, aged 91.^[2]