Paul Callan

Paul Stanley Lester Callan (13 March 1939 – 22 November 2020) was a British journalist and editor. He was known for his flamboyant manner and distinctive attire.

Early life Callan was born on 13 March 1939 in Redbridge in Essex to an Irish musician father and a Jewish mother. He attended the independent Cranbrook School in Ilford, then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music, seeing prospects of a career as a cellist.

Personal life and death Callan married New York journalist Steffi Fields in 1973, who moved over from being London correspondent of the fashion bible Women's Wear Daily to the position of news editor of the London bureau of the NBC television network. His daughter, Jessica, worked on the Daily Mirrors 3am column.

Callan died on 22 November 2020, due to a fall, at the age of 81. In an obituary in The Daily Telegraph, he was recounted as a "fount of juicy stories". Piers Morgan, the former editor of the Daily Mirror, paid tribute to him as "one of the greatest characters in Fleet Street history".