Robert John Edwards (26 October 1925 – 28 May 2012) was a British journalist. Edwards was editor of ''

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'' (1951–54), a feature writer on the ''

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'' (1954–57), deputy editor of the ''

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'' (1957–59), managing editor of the ''

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'' (1959–1961) then its editor (1961), editor of the Glasgow '' Evening Citizen'' (1962–63), editor of the ''

'' again (1963–65), editor of the ''

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'' (1966–1972) and editor of the ''

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'' (1972–1984). He was a director of

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from 1976 to 1988. He published an autobiography in 1988, ''Goodbye Fleet Street''. He was interviewed by

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(C467/10) in 2007 for the 'Oral History of the British Press' collection held by the British Library.National Life Stories, 'Edwards, Bob (1 of 4) National Life Stories Collection: 'Oral History of the British Press', The British Library Board, 2007
Retrieved 7 October 2017. Edwards was appointed a CBE in the

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. He died on 28 May 2012, at the age of 86.

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