Baker, Richard, 1925-2018

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Name (Latin)
Baker, Richard, 1925-2018
Other forms of name
Baker, Richard, 1925-
Date of birth
1925-06-15
Date of death
2018-11-17
Field of activity
Broadcasting
Monologues with music
Occupation
Authors
Broadcasters
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 32154130
Wikidata: Q7323923
Library of congress: n 50020896
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Wikipedia description:

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.

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