John Arthur Leese (4 January 1930 – 23 September 1991) was a

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Biography

John Leese studied at

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. He edited the ''

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'' in the mid-1960s, then moved to London to work on the ''

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''. The paper closed in 1980, and Leese moved to

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and produced the ''SoHo News'' for a year. He returned to the UK to launch ''You'' magazine for the ''

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'', then in 1986 became Editor of the ''

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''. He resigned early in 1991 due to illness, and died in September of that year. His son, Mike Leese, was also a news editor at the ''

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leese, John 1930 births 1991 deaths English newspaper editors English male journalists London Evening Standard people People educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Place of birth missing English male non-fiction writers