NIGEL SCOTTLocal newsapaper journalist Nigel Scott, who chronicled his battle with cancer through his weekly column has died at the age of 47.Nigel, who lost his year-long fight with the disease on Boxing Day, worked for the Yorkshire Evening Post for 21 years in a variety of roles, more recently as business editor.YEP editor Paul Napier said: "Nigel was a great colleague and a friend to so many on the Yorkshire Evening Post, Yorkshire Post Newspapers and in the wider business community."He was well-known and well-liked – there can't be many people in the Leeds business world who've not at some point spoken with Nigel."He carried his health troubles of the last few months with great dignity and seemed set on making the most of every minute of every hour."He was so obviously proud of his family, often writing in his column of home life with Melanie and of the delights of being a dad to his two girls. The thoughts of us all are with his family now."Nigel, who managed to work up until six weeks before his death, was born in Scunthorpe in 1962 and decided at a young age to follow his mother's career path in journalism.After passing a course at Richmond College in Sheffield, he joined the Pontefract and Castleford Express as a reporter, later working for the Wakefield Express and Leeds Weekly News.He joined the YEP in 1988 as a reporter and was appointed business correspondent in 1996, later stepping up to the post of business editor.As a business and financial journalist he won a string of awards including the financial journalist of the year at the Regional Press Awards and was also named northern business newspaper journalist of the year, business reporter of the year and northern business journalist of the year.Nigel is survived by his parents, wife Melanie and daughters Emily and Eleanor.
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