Vincent Mulchrone

Vincent Joseph Mulchrone (1923 – 1 October 1977) was an English journalist active during the post-war period.

[1] He left school at 16 and took a job dressing window dummies before he joined his local paper, the Morley Observer.

[1] During the Second World War Mulchrone was a pilot in the Royal Air Force with active service in Burma, reaching the rank of flying officer.

[1] During his career in journalism, he covered events including the withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam, numerous royal tours, and social commentary such as the decline of the English sausage.

[1] In 2005 he was entered into a Hall of Fame as one of the 40 greatest journalists by Press Gazette magazine,[3] and his likeness was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.