Sally Turton Hardcastle (22 April 1945 – 10 November 2014) was a journalist and radio presenter, best known for presenting ''

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. She was born in London. Her father was William Hardcastle, a British news broadcaster. She spent her early years in Washington, D.C., where her father was a correspondent for

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. In the early 1950s the family returned to Britain, where her father became editor of the ''

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''. She and her sister attended

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in the

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. After her parents' marriage broke down, she and her siblings moved with their mother to

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. She attended Cornwall Technical College, where she gained her

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.Sally Hardcastle obituary
, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 10 December 2014. In 1962, aged 17, she moved to Headley, Surrey to live with her father, and studied journalism, eventually joining the ''

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'' as a reporter. Years later, she worked briefly with the ''

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''.

Death

She died in 2014, aged 69, from undisclosed causes. She was unmarried.

References

1945 births 2014 deaths BBC newsreaders and journalists British women radio presenters British women television journalists Journalists from London Daily Express people New-York Tribune people {{UK-journalist-stub