Charles Wheeler: Your memories

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Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler, the BBC’s longest serving foreign correspondent, has died at the age of 85.

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Charles Wheeler: Your memories

Written by [rob2008], Wirral, United Kingdom on Fri Jul 04 11:46:33 UTC 2008. 0 recommendations.

Who?

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Charles Wheeler: Your memories

Written by John Turner, Barry, United Kingdom on Fri Jul 04 11:47:40 UTC 2008. 0 recommendations.

Sorry - but - he was just a bloke who did his job.

Spare a thought for the thousands who die every day but are not good enough to have a dedicated BBC HYS

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Charles Wheeler: Your memories

Written by Bored Indifferent Chap on Fri Jul 04 11:53:48 UTC 2008. 0 recommendations.

This is becoming ridiculous.

I very much doubt any coverage would be given to his passing, if he was a supporter of a certain right-wing party.

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Charles Wheeler: Your memories

Written by BrownAdder The Historical Snake on Fri Jul 04 12:00:07 UTC 2008. 0 recommendations.

Is it any damned wonder us Brits are so depressed, when all we get day in day out, are reports of people dying?

None of us really cared about Clive Hornby, none of us really care about Charles Wheeler, I've never even heard of the guy.

Give us something a bit lighter, before I slit my wrists.

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Charles Wheeler: Your memories

Written by Blah Blah Waffle Etc on Fri Jul 04 12:04:07 UTC 2008. 0 recommendations.

BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, has led tributes saying he was "simply a legend"..

What!? A legend? This word has become over-abused by over-emotional soundbite-seekers. Here is another example.

He was a journalist. You'll get over it.

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