The former Sunday Express picture editor, Terry Evans, has died, aged 69. Renowned for his courtesy even when under deadline pressures, former colleagues have flocked to pay tribute to him on Facebook and here on the Express veterans’ website.
In an obituary, Richard Dismore describes Evans as “the nicest bloke in Fleet Street” who “treated his staff with respect”. He was also “hard-working, diligent, a rare voice of reason and sound judgment”.
Evans started his journalistic career at an educational publishing company before moving to the Birmingham Evening Mail as a writer. In 1973, he accepted a job on the Daily Express’s night picture desk and rose to be deputy picture editor.
In 2002, after 29 years on the Daily, he was appointed as the Sunday Express picture editor. In his spare time, he gained a degree in music from King’s College, London.
Having lunched so often at Joe Allen’s, he was allowed to host his retirement party there in September 2012 and a brass plaque was placed on the wall next to his favourite corner table.
He died at home on 7 April after a bout of flu. His immune system is thought to have been weakened due totreatment after picking up a bug while travelling in the Far East.
He is survived by his wife, Christine, a former journalist, and his son Jonathan.
