Openly gay journalist and broadcaster dies

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18/06/2008, 5:11 PM

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Openly gay journalist and broadcaster dies

OPENLY gay journalist and broadcaster David Self- who famously wrote the questions for ITV's Sale of the Century and who took part in one of the country's first civil ceremonies for gay couples- has died.

Mr Self, 67, had been battling liver disease and cancer for sometime: his partner Majid Jawad described it as "not a nice death. "

The couple met nine years ago and tied the knot at a civil ceremony at Audmoor House, March, on December 22, 2005- just days after a new Civil Partnership Act came into force.

Mr Self, a Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard columnist for many years, contributed to the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian and New Statesman as well as being a prolific writer of Christian books. He had published 78 books.

You can read more on this story here:

http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/content/cambstimes/news/story.aspx?brand=CATOnline&category=NewsCambs&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCAT&itemid=WEED17%20Jun%202008%2010%3A35%3A09%3A853

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