Colin Chapman dead: BBC star & legendary broadcaster dies aged 87 as emotional tributes pour in

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LEGENDARY broadcaster and journalist Colin Chapman has died aged 87. The veteran has worked for the BBC, as well as stints at the Sunday Times, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post and ABC. 1 Colin Chapman Chapman - who also wrote several books - had reportedly been suffering with poor health for several years.

He is understood to have passed away over the weekend. Chapman’s career spanned three continents and saw him as a print reporter as well a TV presenter. He said previously: "There will not be many journalists who have been both writers and executives in the print media, and also on-camera performers and senior managers in radio and television.



" He was most recently an editor-at-large for the Australian Outlook, where his work included columns on elections around the world this year..