About John Rettie
Lived 1929 – 2009 (aged 79). John Rettie was a British journalist, news presenter and newspaper reporter.
Cartmell John Alexander Rettie (24 November 1925, Colombo, Ceylon - 11 January 2009), known as John Rettie, was a British newspaper journalist and broadcaster.
In 1956, while working for Reuters in Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union, he was informed by a Soviet contact about details of Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, denouncing the crimes of Stalin. In a near 50-year career, he reported for The Guardian, Reuters, and the BBC World Service, covering some of the most critical events of the Cold War, from the Soviet Union and Latin America.
In 1964, he stood unsuccessfully for Middlesbrough West in the UK General Election, as the Liberal candidate.
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Who was John Rettie?
journalist
When was John Rettie born?
John Rettie was born on 24 November 1929 in Colombo.
When did John Rettie die?
John Rettie died on 10 January 2009 in Northallerton.
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John Rettie was a journalist, news presenter and newspaper reporter.
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John Rettie was British.
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