David Capper

David Capper
Born
David Houston Capper

(1932-11-19)19 November 1932
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died23 March 2024(2024-03-23) (aged 91)
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Journalist, correspondent
Years active1950s–before 2001
Employer(s)BBC Northern Ireland
(1961–1987)
Children3

David Houston Capper[1] (19 November 1932 – 23 March 2024) was a Northern Irish journalist and correspondent.

Early life and career

Born in Belfast on 19 November 1932,[2] Capper started his career at the Newtownards Chronicle. He spent a few years working in Vancouver. Capper later returned to Northern Ireland and worked as an editor at a local newspaper, before joining the Belfast Telegraph and the BBC. Capper left BBC after 26 years, in 1987. He continued to work in media advising developing radio stations abroad, before eventually settling in Donaghadee.[3] Capper had retired by 2001.[4] He last appeared on BBC in July 2019 as a guest in a podcast with Walter Love.[5]

Personal life and death

Capper had three children and nine grandchildren.[6] Capper died in a care center in Bangor, County Down[1] on 23 March 2024, aged 91.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Death Notice David Houston CAPPER". www.funeraltimes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "David Capper obituary". The Times. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Former BBC journalist David Capper dies aged 91". BBC News. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Bloody Sunday reporter 'could not believe rounds were live'". Irish Examiner. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio Ulster - Jazz Club with Walter Love, My Kind of Jazz Ep3: David Capper". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ Needham, Lucy; Johns, Victoria (24 March 2024). "BBC issues statement as much-loved journalist dies with tributes pouring in". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2024.