Tributes to a 'giant of journalism' after Express legend dies

TOUCHING tributes were paid last night to "a giant" of Fleet Street after former Sunday Express Editor Martin Townsend died from cancer aged 65.

- By Jon Coates

TALENTED: Martin Townsend

The award-winning author and campaigner had battled pancreatic cancer for 18 months before passing away at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on Friday.

Last night his wife Jane O'Gorman said: "He fought a good fight. He fought every step of the way.

"He never gave up and did not know it was the end until the end."

Mr Townsend was best known for his time at the helm of the Sunday Express, where he served as Editor for 17 years from 2001 to 2018.