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Alan Graham Ramsey (3 January 1938 – 24 November 2020) was an Australian journalist and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald from 1986 to 2008.
Nov 24, 2020 · Renowned journalist and columnist Alan Ramsey has died, aged 82. The infamously irascible writer spent his final months in a nursing home on the NSW South Coast. Alan Ramsey at his Canberra home ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · ALAN RAMSEY: 1938-2020. A third act is rare in journalism but Alan Ramsey completed one of Australia’s most accomplished careers with a 21-year stint as the Herald ’s national columnist that surely made him the most readable man in the country.
Nov 24, 2020 · Respected political journalist Alan Ramsey has died, aged 82. Ramsey, who was described by his peers as fearless, courageous and relentless in his pursuit of a story, spent much of this year in a nursing home on the south coast of NSW.
Nov 26, 2020 · Crikey examines the challenges and controversies of writing obituaries for public figures, with examples of Alan Ramsey, Diego Maradona and others. The article argues that obituaries should be honest and respectful, but not always glowing or deifying.
Nov 24, 2020 · As a 12-year-old boy in the early 1950s, Alan Ramsey was fascinated by Nightbeat, an American radio drama featuring the fictional reporter Randy Stone — a tough journalist with a good heart, who plied his trade on the streets of after-dark Chicago. The series lit a fire within Ramsey that never dimmed.
Nov 24, 2020 · Alan Ramsey was “a particularly powerful force in journalism”, said former prime minister Paul Keating, himself one of the long-time Herald columnist’s favourite subjects and sparring partners.
