11 Facts About Brian Barron

Brian Munro Barron MBE was a British foreign and war correspondent for BBC News.

Brian Barron was the recipient of a Royal Television Society award for Reporter of the Year in 1980, and was presented with an International Reporting Prize for work in Latin America.

Brian Barron was awarded the MBE for his services to broadcasting in 2006.

Brian Barron was appointed Aden correspondent in 1967, covering the fall of that part of the British Empire, after which he became Cairo correspondent in 1968.

Amin had been given refuge because of his conversion to Islam; after weeks of negotiation Brian Barron secured the first interview with him since his deposition.

In 2000 Brian Barron officially retired, but still resident in Asia in 2003 he covered the First Gulf War, where he started reporting from the US Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Brian Barron won the 1980 Royal Television Society award for Reporter of the Year, and then the International Reporting Prize for work in Latin America.

Brian Barron was awarded the MBE for his services to broadcasting in 2006.

Brian Barron died, at the age of 69, of cancer at his family home.

Brian Barron was one of the best correspondents I have ever worked with.

Brian Barron was an inspiration to many generations of journalists for his professionalism, extraordinary experience and lightness of touch.