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It's amazing what one story can teach you about another one. Today as we remembered the Man United players that died in 1958 the club tv, MUTV, over and over showed a newsreader on BBC who announced the tragic news in 1958.
That man was BBC's first on-screen newsreader, Kenneth Kendall. He passed away in December 2012 and four months later his partner Francis Fear, who was known as Mark, committed suicide not able to live on without his big love.
Kendall died aged 88 and his partner Francis was just 55 and they had been together for 23 years. They opened a gallery in London when Kendall retired from his job as a newsreader.
Francis known as Mark by his friends was last seen in his home when he watched a Man United game with his two best friends and his last words to one of them was "I really enjoy watching these matches with you."
Francis hanged himself in the gallery leaving a message on his iPhone. Incredible story in itself and I woulnd't mind it being turned into a film.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-24730922
That man was BBC's first on-screen newsreader, Kenneth Kendall. He passed away in December 2012 and four months later his partner Francis Fear, who was known as Mark, committed suicide not able to live on without his big love.
Kendall died aged 88 and his partner Francis was just 55 and they had been together for 23 years. They opened a gallery in London when Kendall retired from his job as a newsreader.
Francis known as Mark by his friends was last seen in his home when he watched a Man United game with his two best friends and his last words to one of them was "I really enjoy watching these matches with you."
Francis hanged himself in the gallery leaving a message on his iPhone. Incredible story in itself and I woulnd't mind it being turned into a film.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-24730922