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Veteran BBC journalist Charles Wheeler has died at the age of 85. Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, has died at the age of 85 after suffering from lung cancer.
A foreign correspondent, presenter and producer, he covered stories such as the assassination of Martin Luther King and Watergate when based in Washington. A reporter, presenter and producer, he covered stories such as the assassination of Martin Luther King and Watergate when based in Washington.
He spent eight years in the US capital, also reporting on the shooting of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.He spent eight years in the US capital, also reporting on the shooting of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.
A former host of Panorama and Newsnight, he began his media career at the Daily Sketch newspaper and joined the BBC after World War II. He was considered "a legend", BBC director general Mark Thompson said.
"His integrity, his authority and his humanity graced the BBC's airwaves over many decades," he added.
"He is utterly irreplaceable but like everyone else, I am privileged to have worked with him."
Mr Wheeler was born in Germany in 1923 and was educated in KentSir Charles began his media career at the Daily Sketch newspaper.
He ran errands at the now-defunct publication, having been inspired to become a journalist by a film he had seen as a teenager.
After five years in the Marines at the end of World War II, he joined the BBC in 1947 and spent 11 years as a writer and reporter for the BBC World Service.
Spells as the corporation's correspondent in South Asia and Germany followed, before his move to Washington.
He was also known as a presenter of the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight programmes.