Alastair Burnet
Presenter, TV Personality
1928 – 2012
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Who was Alastair Burnet?
Sir James William Alexander Burnet, known as Sir Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with ITN as chief presenter of the flagship News at Ten for eighteen years; Sir Robin Day described Burnet as "the booster rocket that put ITN into orbit".
Burnet was also a prominent print journalist who edited The Economist and Daily Express.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1928
Sheffield - Spouses
- Maureen Sinclair
(1958 - 2012/07/20)
- Maureen Sinclair
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Worcester College, Oxford
- Employment
- Newscaster, ITN
- Lived in
- Sheffield
- Died
- Jul 20, 2012
Kensington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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