David Houston Capper[1] (19 November 1932 – 23 March 2024) was a Northern Irish journalist and correspondent.
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| Born | David Houston Capper 19 November 1932 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 23 March 2024 (aged 91) Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, correspondent |
| Years active | 1950s–before 2001 |
| Employer(s) | BBC Northern Ireland (1961–1987) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life and career
editBorn in Belfast on 19 November 1932,[2] Capper started his career at the Newtownards Chronicle. He spent a few years working in Vancouver. Capper later returned to Northern Ireland and worked as an editor at a local newspaper, before joining the Belfast Telegraph and the BBC. Capper left BBC after 26 years, in 1987. He continued to work in media advising developing radio stations abroad, before eventually settling in Donaghadee.[3] Capper had retired by 2001.[4] He last appeared on BBC in July 2019 as a guest in a podcast with Walter Love.[5]
Personal life and death
editCapper had three children and nine grandchildren.[6] Capper died in a care center in Bangor, County Down[1] on 23 March 2024, at the age of 91.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Death Notice David Houston CAPPER". www.funeraltimes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b "David Capper obituary". The Times. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Former BBC journalist David Capper dies aged 91". BBC News. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Bloody Sunday reporter 'could not believe rounds were live'". Irish Examiner. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio Ulster - Jazz Club with Walter Love, My Kind of Jazz Ep3: David Capper". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Needham, Lucy; Johns, Victoria (24 March 2024). "BBC issues statement as much-loved journalist dies with tributes pouring in". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
External links
edit- David Capper at IMDb