Peter Dacre

Peter Dacre (8 June 1925 – 16 March 2003) was a journalist on the Sunday Express whose work included show business features.

[3] Peter Dacre was born 8 June 1925 in Yorkshire, the son of a carpenter and joiner father who died in a building site accident when he was six.

[1] According to Michael White in The Guardian, Dacre spent World War II writing show business journalism.

[1] He worked with the Sunday Express for over forty years, and was the first English journalist to interview Elvis Presley.

[5] Dacre was the father of the British journalists Nigel and Paul from his first marriage to Joan Hill.