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18 Aug 17
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Didn't say cause of death....going to do some digging.
Turns out she had a female wife.
She was critical of bbc in Savile case and then pushed out.
Turns out she had a female wife.
She was critical of bbc in Savile case and then pushed out.
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A stroke at 52 ???
Ex-BBC News correspondent Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke.
MacKean, 52, worked for the corporation for more than 20 years but left in in 2013 amid a row over the decision to shelve her investigation for Newsnight about disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile.
She began her career at BBC Hereford and Worcester, before presenting on Breakfast and reporting from Northern Ireland and Scotland.
MacKean went on to work on Channel 4's Dispatches programme.
BBC director of news James Harding paid tribute to MacKean, saying she had earned a reputation as a "remarkably tenacious and resourceful reporter".
"In Northern Ireland, she won the trust of all sides and produced some of the most insightful and hard-hitting reporting of the conflict," he said.
"It was as an investigative reporter that she really shone, shining a light on issues from the dumping of toxic waste off the African coast to Jimmy Savile, the story for which she is probably best known."
The mother-of-two studied at Manchester University and gained a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism before joining the BBC.
MacKean's story about the child abuse committed by Jimmy Savile was dropped by Newsnight in 2011. But the investigation with producer Meirion Jones was later recognised by the London Press Club with a scoop of the year award.
She also won the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Journalism for her work on a series of Newsnight reports in 2010 about toxic dumping in West Africa.
MacKean announced she was taking voluntary redundancy from the BBC in May 2013.
Her Dispatches programme, Hunted, about the persecution of gay people in Russia, was among the winners at the Grierson British Documentary Awards in 2014.
Ex-BBC News correspondent Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke.
MacKean, 52, worked for the corporation for more than 20 years but left in in 2013 amid a row over the decision to shelve her investigation for Newsnight about disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile.
She began her career at BBC Hereford and Worcester, before presenting on Breakfast and reporting from Northern Ireland and Scotland.
MacKean went on to work on Channel 4's Dispatches programme.
BBC director of news James Harding paid tribute to MacKean, saying she had earned a reputation as a "remarkably tenacious and resourceful reporter".
"In Northern Ireland, she won the trust of all sides and produced some of the most insightful and hard-hitting reporting of the conflict," he said.
"It was as an investigative reporter that she really shone, shining a light on issues from the dumping of toxic waste off the African coast to Jimmy Savile, the story for which she is probably best known."
The mother-of-two studied at Manchester University and gained a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism before joining the BBC.
MacKean's story about the child abuse committed by Jimmy Savile was dropped by Newsnight in 2011. But the investigation with producer Meirion Jones was later recognised by the London Press Club with a scoop of the year award.
She also won the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Journalism for her work on a series of Newsnight reports in 2010 about toxic dumping in West Africa.
MacKean announced she was taking voluntary redundancy from the BBC in May 2013.
Her Dispatches programme, Hunted, about the persecution of gay people in Russia, was among the winners at the Grierson British Documentary Awards in 2014.
More proof if there ever was of the BBC pedo cover up ,Astounding That the BBC is still going ??
She knew was going to tell the Whole story then was Stifled .
She knew was going to tell the Whole story then was Stifled .
Only seen this tonight on BBC. If I'm being honest, didn't really know who she was or remember her on tv. After watching the report, she seemed like 'one of the good 'uns'. Cause of death: A Stroke. RIP Liz
"Turns out she had a female wife." - Well, she's hardly likely to have had a male wife, is she? Mind you, with all these BLTs or whatever their called, you could have a point!
Anyway, RIP lass. Only six months younger than me and went to the same school as my sister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_MacKean
Anyway, RIP lass. Only six months younger than me and went to the same school as my sister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_MacKean
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