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Mark Brown

Guardian and Observer photographer Eamonn McCabe dies aged 74

Eamonn McCabe
Eamonn McCabe has been described as a ‘wonderful photographer and highly skilled picture editor’. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/The Guardian

Eamonn McCabe, one of the most celebrated and admired newspaper photographers and picture editors of his generation, has died aged 74.

McCabe was a multi-award-winning sports photographer at the Observer from 1976 and later became a trailblazing picture editor of the Guardian at a key moment in its history. His third act was as a portrait photographer, with 29 examples of his work in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

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