30-06-2025
- General
- The Herald Scotland
Veteran broadcaster Sandy Gall dies aged 97
It was at ITN, where he worked as foreign correspondent and presented News At Ten, that he became a household name.
He wrote four books about Afghanistan and made three documentaries about the Soviet occupation, two of which were nominated for BAFTA awards.
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He also set up Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal in 1983, a year after he made his first television documentary about the resistance of the people of Afghanistan to the Russian invasion.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1987 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the people of Afghanistan.
His family revealed that he died at his home in Kent on Sunday.
Paying tribute to him, his family said: 'His was a great life, generously and courageously lived."
