{"id":558758,"date":"2026-07-20T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558758\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:27:06","slug":"broadcaster-and-journalist-edward-stourton-dies-aged-68-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558758\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBNTDRuaHZDMzlVdG14TEJkVVFfUnpOcUM0VEJOWndSRlJ1bHo4T0ZCSlg1OU96TWJrWXBBZWxrNGJ3ZXNlV2dvSS1tOUtMRkNyTWd3TUNsQVhOUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxQUjc4cDByZ0dCUWFQVDQ4aXMzUkpOLWExQms3U0xGcnZITm5ubjBRY2NLVEtnQmxqRmQ5a0ZQUlVzZ0xwZkUtVXZ4UFF1Y2tEM2cxb0VqSk9uUmhERDJvTEZRYlctT0RDVVJSSENxZS1IbFRkbm1LTGk5NjBFZWJCdmkyamNuTkJlbUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC broadcaster Edward Stourton dies aged 68<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNTkRMRFJvR3ljRTR4STNoUjkyenZHd3dGdkZxbUtSYm9WbFNDTFRhVXZUOTFpY2E1MEpkZDNlRTQtVG1MOWN1MWo5ajZCamc2dGpVNXFmRHpmQkJveXVZY3g0UXViRVg5cXdkVmZ4ZXF2eHUzZFpMcE81ZVRpNVFwUXF1bzhmUTlaWHNEX3ZrM1hXVlp4X1pVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC presenter Edward Stourton dies aged 68<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNVzJsSG9ldm5hRFI4OFFZZi0xNFpvWUdwdnNnRUZ0MGU0cEJRSUdOWU9zYkM0ZzlQdGVKWmtZQ2FYbDNvSGhRUVhQcnJaUk9IdzZ5LU1YT19wTXBYY2tyZUU0cWRzVGVNbXlCSVRDSkdFRkxWSmpITFVaUjJkWmRzMm9oZkRKYzJ2ZVZkbzJxRjd0c3RJeWFxenE5aUx6U196Z0xLdDdscEZkMENxa3RaWE1mMmdDY0tINGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOZHNNaEF3UEFBdUYtd1ItWmZrV0JFOEYzN1RTYVlqWmJyOUNxcDFrSVFWZ0V5UUJoYTFDVWppVVJFWk1Ob0hoU2pDVVhobGNxMjZ6NUd1TnlwSTRyWnk3aU16cFVxdDBneDVBdjM2cGdrQURkZjVGOWp1dlRRamF2Zkc4X2JoYktuUmxyWm8tZTNrVXpGNXNDSVdseTRtR3lXNnN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Edward Stourton dead aged 68: Legendary BBC newsreader &amp; Radio 4 presenter dies after prostate cancer battle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton dies aged 68&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBBC broadcaster Edward Stourton dies aged 68&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianBBC presenter Edward Stourton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-558758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}