RIP, Peter
The BBC newsreader died surrounded by family October 02, 2019 - 14:41 BST Aisha Nozari Peter's agent said that hospital staff"fought gallantly" to save him, but that he passed away on Wednesday Peter Sissons, a former BBC newsreader, has died at the age of 77. In a statement announcing the sad news, Peter's agent said: "We are sad to announce that Peter Sissons, the former presenter on ITN, Channel 4 and the BBC, died peacefully last night in Maidstone Hospital, Kent.
Peter's career in news spanned more than 40 years but he will be most famously remembered as the presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the BBC Ten O'Clock News between 1993 and 2003. The father-of-three – who also worked for ITN after graduating from Oxford University in 1964 and later Channel 4 – is one of the UK's longest-serving news presenters, although he retired in 2009 to focus on writing his memoirs.
Iain Dale, the journalist who helped publish Peter's memoirs after his retirement, said of the news veteran: "Very sad. I published his memoirs and he was a delight to deal with. A model author and a great journalist." Piers Morgan added: "RIP Peter Sissons, 77. An excellent journalist & TV newsreader, and splendidly combative & amusing man."
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