TIM BRINTONFormer newsreader and politician Tim Brinton died on 22 March, 2009 aged 79.He was known for being one of the first television newsreaders on ITN after it was founded in 1955.Previously he had worked for BBC Radio.He enjoyed a varied journalistic career, presenting documentary features, interviewing the Shah of Iran and becoming the first nude news reporter on television during an item about Turkish baths.He retired from broadcasting in the 1970s and moved into politics, being elected to Kent County Council in 1975 and then winning the parliamentary seat for Gravesend for the Conservatives in the 1979 general election.He left the House of Commons in 1987 and returned to media work, setting up a broadcasting consultancy which trained businessmen and politicians for television and radio appearances.Mr Brinton was married twice and had six children. He lived in Kent. His widow Jeanne said: "Tim will be missed by his many fans all over the country, who will feel they have lost a personal friend. The children, grandchildren and I deeply mourn his death."
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