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Harold Evans
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Born in Newton Heath, Greater Manchester
Born on 28th of June 1928
Died in 000

Harold Evans has had a long and distinguished career as a reporter, newspaper editor (he was at the helm of The Sunday Times for 14 years, having previously edited The Northern Echo), and latterly writer (plus for a time teaching at Duke University). Having seen American investigative journalism close-to when studying in the USA he pioneered the approach in Britain, most famously winning justice and compensation for thalidomide victim

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