Legendary Daily Mirror reporter Bill Daniels has died aged 82.
Daniels spent almost 40 years with the Mirror working mainly from our Birmingham office.
He joined us in 1963 and covered many major stories until his retirement in 2001.
During his career he reported on the Birmingham pub bombings where he was among the first journalists to reach the scene and had front page stories on seven consecutive days.
He chaperoned the woman at the centre of the Profumo scandal Mandy Rice-Davies when the Mirror did a series on her.
He and wife Kay, who predeceased him, even spent nights out with Rice-Davies and Peter Rachmann.
Among other stories he covered were the Black Panther trial, the Tracie Andrews murder, the Handsworth riots and he was on the very last voyage of the Ark Royal.
Daniels was also part of the Mirror team which successfully brought the 1966 World Cup ball back from Germany to England ahead of the 1996 Euros.
Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips said: "Bill was a very much loved and respected member of the Daily Mirror 'family'.
"He worked for us for almost 40 years and was a great reporter and a lovely man."
Son Iain said "For Dad journalism, and working for the Daily Mirror, was not simply a job, it was who he was.
“He was of the 'old school' - fair, fearless and utterly committed to chasing down the story".
Daniels leaves two sons, Iain and Stuart and his beloved five grandchildren Cameron, Samara, Alec, Catriona and Neve.
