18 Facts About Andrew Jennings

Andrew Jennings was a British investigative reporter.

Andrew Jennings was best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA.

Andrew Jennings's father worked as a school headmaster; his mother was a housewife.

Andrew Jennings was the grandson of a former Clapton Orient player.

Andrew Jennings's family relocated to London when he was a child.

Andrew Jennings attended the University of Hull, and first worked at the Burnley Evening Star.

Andrew Jennings became part of the Sunday Times' Insight team during the late 1960s.

Andrew Jennings went on to work as an investigative reporter on BBC Radio Four's Checkpoint, probing into cocaine trafficking and murders carried out by the Sicilian Mafia.

Andrew Jennings consequently resigned and transposed the material into his first book, Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection.

Andrew Jennings subsequently worked for Granada, filming several international investigations and small documentaries.

Andrew Jennings entered Chechnya in 1993 with the first western TV crew ever to enter the country, to investigate Caucasus mafia activity.

Andrew Jennings worked with World in Action in 1997, with an investigation on British Olympic swimming coach Hamilton Bland.

Andrew Jennings alleged that Ricardo Teixeira, President of Brazil's Football Federation and of the 2014 World Cup Organising Committee, Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay, President of the South American Football Confederation, and Issa Hayatou from Cameroon, President of the Confederation of African Football all accepted bribes from a television marketing firm.

Andrew Jennings was married to Janeen Weir until her death in 1974.

Andrew Jennings was in a domestic partnership with Clare Sambrook until his death.

Andrew Jennings suffered a stroke in 2015 during a visit to New York.

Andrew Jennings died on 8 January 2022 at a hospital in Carlisle.

Andrew Jennings was 78, and suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm prior to his death.