Robert Maxwell death

Title

Robert Maxwell death

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Tribute; Obituary

TX Date

6 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Mark Phillips looks back on the career of and reports on tributes to the publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, following his death after falling from his yacht off the coast of Tenerife. Speakers are: Robert Maxwell (archive clip after he purchased the Daily Mirror); Daily Mirror editor-in-chief, Charlie Wilson; Daily Mirror columnist and official biographer, Joe Haines; Kevin Maxwell, son. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk.

Contributors

Robert Maxwell; Joe Haines; Kevin Maxwell; Mark Phillips; LBC Newstalk; Charles Wilson

Keywords

Deaths; Newspapers; Daily Mirror; Mass media; Publishers; Boats; Yachts; Robert Maxwell; Tenerife; Business people; Newspaper publishing; Maxwell Communications Corporation; Mirror Group Newspapers; Lady Ghislaine

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