The former night news editor of The Courier, Norman Fenwick, has died in Roxburghe House, Dundee, after battling cancer for more than a year.
Golf fanatic Mr Fenwick (75) had survived two heart attacks and bypass surgery to keep swinging his clubs on golf courses across the world during his retirement.
He was diagnosed with lung cancer in February last year and, with his wife Eleanor, was determined to enjoy the time he had left, touring Scotland and continuing to play golf during gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.
However, the disease spread and he spent the last seven weeks in Roxburghe House, where he died with his wife and daughter Pauline at his side.
Mr Fenwick retired in 1999 after more than 48 years’ service with D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd in Dundee.
He left Morgan Academy in 1951 to join the sports desk of the Evening Telegraph in Meadowside as a sub-editor.
He later transferred to news and, after national service in the RAF, returned to the Telegraph in 1954.
He moved to The Courier in Bank Street four years later and, after spells as chief sub-editor and leader writer, he was appointed night news editor.
A low-handicap player when he was younger, Mr Fenwick was a former champion of Dundee Press Golf Club and a member of Strathmore Golf Club.
He was also a keen gardener and traveller.
He is survived by his wife, sons Gary and David, who both live in Edinburgh, daughter Pauline, who lives in Dollar, and four grandchildren.