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Jean Kathleen Rook
Born
(1931-11-13)13 November 1931
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
5 September 1991(1991-09-05) (aged 59)
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Nationality
British
Education
Malet Lambert High School
Bedford College
Occupation
Journalist
Jean Kathleen Rook (13 November 1931 – 5 September 1991)[1] was an English journalist dubbed The First Lady of Fleet Street for her regular opinion column in the Daily Express. She was also, along with Lynda Lee-Potter, a model for the Glenda Slagg column in the satirical magazine Private Eye.[1][2] Rook was the highest-paid woman on Fleet Street, London, then the centre of the British newspaper industry.[1]
^ abcPimlott Baker, Anne. "Rook [married name Nash], Jean Kathleen (1931–1991), journalist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49945. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^"Lynda Lee-Potter". Daily Telegraph. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
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