Richard Baker (broadcaster)
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Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the BBC Television News (in voiceover) in 1954.[2]
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Richard Baker | |
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Born | Richard Douglas James Baker[1] (1925-06-15)15 June 1925 |
Died | 17 November 2018(2018-11-17) (aged 93) Oxford, England |
Occupation | Broadcaster (BBC News) |
Years active | 1954–2007 |
Spouse |
Margaret Martin (m. 1961) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Albert Baker Jane Isobel Baker (née Baxter) |
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