Beverley Goodway (13 October 1943 – 4 November 2012) was an

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known for his glamour shots which were published on

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of '' The Sun'' newspaper in the

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. He began his career with a

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in 1965 after he was turned down for a place at medical school. Goodway subsequently worked for the ''

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'' and ''

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''. He joined ''The Sun'' in 1968, subsequently photographing models for Page Three from 1970. He retired in 2003.

Death

Goodway had

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for 16 years and died of cancer, at age 69, at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodway, Beverley 1943 births 2012 deaths Deaths from prostate cancer English photographers Place of birth missing British portrait photographers The Sun (United Kingdom) people