Richard Stott

Richard Keith Stott (17 August 1943 – 30 July 2007) was a British journalist and editor.

Born in Oxford, he attended Clifton College in Bristol. He began his career in journalism with the Bucks Herald, aged 19. After the Great Train Robbery that year, he was the only journalist to interview the driver of the train that pulled the hijacked one off the main line. As a result of this interview, it was realised that the cash haul was a great deal more than had at first been estimated. After Stott headed a failed management attempt at a buyout, the new chief executive of Mirror Group David Montgomery fired him. At the suggestion of owner Rupert Murdoch, Stott edited the Today newspaper from 1993 to November 1995, when the paper ceased publication. his brother-in-law for nearly twenty years was the comedian Dave Allen. Stott's memoir, Dogs and Lampposts, was published in 2002 by Metro.

Stott spent much of his last year editing Alastair Campbell's book The Blair Years. He was married to his wife Penny and had three children. Stott died in London, aged 63, of pancreatic cancer.