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Tributes Paid to Former BBC Journalist Stephen Walker
The former BBC Northern Ireland correspondent covered the Troubles and the peace process and won multiple awards for investigative reporting.
- On Sunday, award-winning journalist and author Stephen Walker died at age 61. He passed away at home surrounded by family, according to his close friend and BBC presenter Mark Carruthers.
- Walker joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1991 after three years at Radio Leeds, dedicating more than 30 years to reporting on the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement, and Brexit. He also served as an investigative reporter for the Spotlight programme.
- Beyond broadcasting, Walker authored five books including biographies of John Hume and David Trimble, the peace process leaders. His investigative documentaries 'The BlackCatch' and 'The Life and Death of an IRA Quartermaster' earned him a European Journalism Award and Royal Television Society Award.
- First Minister Michelle O'Neill described Walker as 'a real gentleman and a pleasure to chat with at all times.' DUP leader Gavin Robinson said he was 'deeply saddened' by the news.
- Despite recent illness, Walker continued to write and work, recounting his career at Ulster University's North-South Journalism Conference in February this year. He is survived by his wife Katrin and children Grace, Jack, and Gabriel.
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Tributes paid to former BBC journalist Stephen Walker
Tributes have been paid to award winning journalist and author Stephen Walker, who has died at the age of 61. A former BBC Northern Ireland political correspondent, Stephen Walker began his career as a BBC reporter with Radio Leeds before joining BBC Northern Ireland in 1991. In a three decades long
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