Heart Attack Claims Former BBC Radio 2 Host, Tabloid Editor Derek Jameson

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Condolences to family and friends of former BBC RADIO 2 host and longtime newspaper editor DEREK JAMESON, who died of a heart attack at his home on WEDNESDAY (9/12) at 82.

JAMESON served as Editor of the DAILY EXPRESS, DAILY STAR, NEWS OF THE WORLD, and DAILY MIRROR and hosted mornings in 1986-91 and, with his wife ELLEN, nights in 1991-97 on RADIO 2.  He also hosted the BBC television shows "DO THEY MEAN US?" and "PEOPLE."  His radio career followed a libel case he filed against the BBC over a Radio 4 show and lost.

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