Just thought it would be worth looking into her death a little bit. She was only 52. Here's an excerpt from an article. It discusses her achievements including her breaking the saville story and the controversy of her investigation leading to her leaving BBC:
Ex-BBC News correspondent Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke.
MacKean, 52, worked for the corporation for more than 20 years but left in 2013 amid a row over the decision to shelve her investigation for Newsnight about disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile.
She began her career at BBC Hereford and Worcester, before presenting on Breakfast and reporting from Northern Ireland and Scotland.
MacKean went on to work on Channel 4's Dispatches programme.
BBC director of news James Harding paid tribute to MacKean, saying she had earned a reputation as a "remarkably tenacious and resourceful reporter".
"In Northern Ireland, she won the trust of all sides and produced some of the most insightful and hard-hitting reporting of the conflict," he said.
"It was as an investigative reporter that she really shone, shining a light on issues from the dumping of toxic waste off the African coast to Jimmy Savile, the story for which she is probably best known."
The mother-of-two studied at Manchester University and gained a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism before joining the BBC.
MacKean's story about the child abuse committed by Jimmy Savile was dropped by Newsnight in 2011. But the investigation with producer Meirion Jones was later recognised by the London Press Club with a scoop of the year award.
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DarkMath ago
What's the English equivalent of Arkancide?
These people are all fucking psychotic and will kill anyone who gets the goods on them. Just yesterday I was reading up on how Dick Chenney may have orchestrated that "accidental" transfer of 6 nuke tipped cruise missiles from Minot AFB to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.
A few non-psychotic Air Force brass got suspicious and started digging. Yada yada yada Air Force personnel at Minot AFB started having lethal work "accidents" like it was going out of style:
All were directly involved as loaders or as pilots
All died within 7 days of each other in 'accidents'
http://www.legitgov.org/minot_afb_nukes_oddities.html
:-D
UPDATE: And the winner is:
Limeycide
Suggested by @Tanngrisnir
The "Lime" implies a drink and "cide" being killed. Poisoned by a drink is what the English would do. It's cleaner than something you'd see in Arkansas from a bunch of red neck Nazis masquerading as Democrats.
Obnoxious Aboriginal European Fun Fact: The expression "Limey" is in reference to a compulsory British Naval beverage called Grog which was water, rum and lime juice. The purpose was to get the common sailor to get a daily does of Vitamin C. It's hard to maintain a robust fighting force if your sailors don't have the teeth to eat what little they food they had as it is.
Daily Sarcasm: The British Empire? Sounds familiar. Hhhhmmmmm
Suggested Reading:
The Rothschild's aren't really Jewish.
The U.S. is still a British Colony.
Inbreeding can come back to haunt you.
:-D
janet58 ago
The good guys are always in danger. I read recently that the death of one of my heroes, Paul Wellstone, is not believed to be an accident in his home state, Wisconsin.
DarkMath ago
Yep. Paul Wellstone was definitely offed. Anyone highly visible to the public is offed if they try to speak out. The most tragic was when the murdered Pat Tillman:
https://www.youtube.com/user/BMHC2CSi/search?query=Pat+Tillman