Michael Douglas Deane (24 September 1951 – 14 August 2013), known as "Mick", was a British journalist and cameraman who worked for ITN, CNN, and SkyNews.
After years of experience with CNN and ITN, Deane joined the SkyNews broadcast team as a cameraman and journalist.
[1][6] Michael Deane had just recently been assigned to Egypt with Sky News Middle East correspondent Sam Kiley.
[3][7] Deane's last story was at Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque where he filmed the Egyptian security forces storming a sit-in demonstration on Wednesday morning, 14 August 2013.
Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, 26, a female Egyptian journalist for the Gulf News XPRESS newspaper, was shot and killed.
So was Egyptian reporter Ahmed Abdel Gawad, an editorial manager for the Muslim Brotherhood satellite television channel Misr 25, who was shot in the back and killed.
[2]Prime Minister David Cameron responded with a tweet: "I am saddened to hear of the death of cameraman Mick Deane, covering Egyptian violence.