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Kelvin Mackenzie

Kelvin Mackenzie

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Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946, South London) is an English media (News media) executive and former newspaper editor. He is best remembered for being editor of The Sun (The Sun (newspaper)) newspaper between 1981 and 1994, an era in which the paper was firmly established as Britains best selling tabloid (tabloid newspaper). His period as Sun editor was marked by high controversy - MacKenzie is remembered as the man responsible for the papers "Gotcha" headline after the sinking of the Argentinian (Argentina) light cruiser General Belgrano (ARA General Belgrano) during the Falklands War, as well as its notorious coverage of the Hillsborough disaster which was dismissed as "entirely inaccurate" by both the Press Council and the official government inquiry into the tragedy. Throughout much of his career, MacKenzie has been an associate of international media magnate Rupert Murdoch.

Birth Name: Kelvin Calder MacKenzie

Date of birth: 1946-10-22

Birth Location: London, United Kingdom

Occupation: editor

Nationality: English

Spouse: Sarah McLean (2nd)

Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

source: wikipedia.org

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