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ITN reporter dies

Tuesday 14 May 1996 00:02 BST
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The ITN news reporter Joan Thirkettle has died of cancer. Ms Thirkettle, 48, covered more than 1,500 stories for ITN after joining in 1974. The newsreader Trevor McDonald said: "She was never taken in, but was always scrupulously fair - the highest tribute that one can pay to a journalist."

Obituary: Page 12

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