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Sir Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler CMG (26 March 1923 – 4 July 2008) was a British journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he became the corporation's longest-serving foreign correspondent, remaining in the role until his death.
Jul 11, 2008 · Sir Charles Wheeler – who died at 85 last week after 60 years as a journalist at the BBC – was quite simply ‘the greatest reporter of the television age”, according to former Newsnight editor...
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The veteran BBC foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler died yesterday aged 85. He had lung cancer. Wheeler made his name while in Delhi covering the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet in 1959. He was the BBC’s chief US correspondent from 1969 to 1973, when he became Europe correspondent.
Sir Charles Wheeler: Distinguished foreign correspondent who exemplified the best in BBC reporting for more than 60 years. In the comparatively brief history of broadcasting, only a handful of...
Jul 4, 2008 · Charles Wheeler was born in 1923, only a year after the BBC itself. For many the veteran reporter, who died yesterday from lung cancer, aged 85, will always personify the corporation at its...
Jul 5, 2008 · Herald and Times archive. Veteran foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler has died after more than 60 years covering the world for the BBC. The 85-year-old - widely acclaimed as "the...
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Charles Wheeler, who reported the world for the BBC with a fearlessness and integrity that helped to define the corporation's journalistic reputation, has died at the age of 85.
