About Noel Whitcomb
Lived 1918 – 1993 (aged 74). Noel Whitcomb was a journalist.
Noel Bernard Whitcomb (25 December 1918 - 11 June 1993) was an English journalist and the founder of the Daily Mirror Punters' Club.
Early life
Whitcomb was born on Christmas Day 1918 and was educated by the Society of Jesus at Farnham. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II, but his service was curtailed by Tuberculosis.
An account of a number of the foreign tours on which Whitcomb accompanied members of the Daily Mirror Punters' Club is included in When Next the Tropic Sun? The title of Whitcomb's autobiography was derived from a quotation from his hero Evelyn Waugh: Most fools can get a book published, but it takes a particular kind of fool to hold down a job on a daily newspaper.
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Who was Noel Whitcomb?
English journalist (1918-1993)
When was Noel Whitcomb born?
Noel Whitcomb was born on 25 December 1918.
When did Noel Whitcomb die?
Noel Whitcomb died on 11 June 1993.
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Noel Whitcomb was a journalist.
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