{"id":726052,"date":"2026-08-03T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726052\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:31:15","slug":"sunday-times-and-sun-columnist-rod-liddle-dies-aged-66-rod-liddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726052\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66 | Rod Liddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/sundaytimes\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Times<\/a> and Sun columnist Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness, News UK said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He died at the James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Liddle\u2019s children paid tribute to their father, who was their guide \u201con how to live an extraordinary life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In a statement issued by News UK, his children Wilder, Tyler and Emmy said: \u201cWe\u2019re all very saddened and shocked at the sudden passing of our wonderful father. He raised us much as you might imagine, to be inquisitive, brave and always humorous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cEven in hospital in the last few weeks, he consistently held the room and never let the awful situation show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cHe has left a legacy that we are all incredibly proud of, he will always be our guide on how to live an extraordinary life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Rebekah Brooks, CEO of News UK, said: \u201cEveryone at News UK is deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/rod-liddle\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Liddle<\/a>. Rod was an inimitable journalistic force \u2013 brilliant, provocative and immensely talented \u2013 whose sharp wit and uncompromising voice graced our pages and airwaves for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWhether writing for the Sunday Times and the Sun or broadcasting on Times Radio, he challenged conventional thinking and left an indelible mark on British journalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cRod will be greatly missed by all his friends and colleagues at News, as well as by his many readers, listeners and viewers. Our thoughts and sincerest condolences are with his family and loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">More details soon \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness, News UK&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-726052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}