David Holden
Journalist, Author
1924 – 1977
Who was David Holden?
David Holden was a writer, journalist, and broadcaster, best known as the Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times, specialising in Middle-Eastern affairs, where he had been since 1965. He was murdered in execution style in Cairo, Egypt.
His editor, Harold Evans, used three of his top journalists to conduct a six-month investigation, including several trips to the Middle East and one to the United States. The murder was never solved and no political group claimed responsibility. In Evans' autobiography, My Paper Chase, he covered the murder of Holden and investigation.
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- Born
- 1924
Sunderland - Profession
- Education
- Great Ayton Friends' School
- Died
- 1977
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on July 23, 2013
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