Don Cockburn
Don Cockburn | |
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| Born | 13 March 1930 |
| Died | (aged 87) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | Synge Street CBS, Dublin[1] |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Years active | 1958–1992 |
Notable credit(s) | RTÉ News, Nine O'Clock News |
Don Cockburn (13 March 1930 – 4 September 2017) was an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader. He is best known as a long-serving newsreader for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), who anchored the broadcaster's main evening television news programmes during over 30 years of service.
Cockburn was educated at Synge Street CBS,[2] later studying Russian and Spanish at Trinity College Dublin at night after receiving a dispensation from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to do so.[2]
He originally joined RTÉ as a part-time announcer in 1958, and was made a full-time employee in 1972.[3] He was formerly employed in Dublin Corporation as head of wages in the engineering department.[4]
He retired 20 years later on 15 December 1992,[5] having served as a newsreader for many years.[6] His was known for cycling to RTÉ's Montrose Studios every day, when it might have been expected that a well known television figure like him would have driven.[5]
He died on 4 September 2017.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ "Synge Street: Who's Who". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Shy newsreader who was one of Ireland's best-known faces". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "7 RTÉ newsreaders we've known and loved". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Full-time". Irish Press. 17 October 1972. p. 5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "RTÉ: Veteran Broadcaster Retires". EUScreen. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "RTÉ newsreader Don Cockburn". RTÉ Stills Library. RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Death Notice Of Donald (Don) COCKBURN, Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland". rip.ie. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "Former RTÉ newscaster Don Cockburn dies". RTE.ie. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
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