Dennis Griffiths, a prolific and punctilious newspaper historian

Fleet Street’s tireless ‘biographer’ and energetic chair of the London Press Club

Dennis Griffiths, one of Fleet Street’s most prolific and, arguably, its most punctilious historian died on Christmas Eve. He had just celebrated his 82nd birthday.

He was the author of six lengthy books, including an acclaimed history of the London Evening Standard, where he spent 18 years as its production chief.

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