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==Career==
 
==Career==
In 1972 Steven signed off as Foreign editor on a ''[[Daily Express]]'' "world exclusive" that [[Martin Bormann]] was living in South America. After 6 days the paper issued a retraction and he departed to become assistant editor for the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.<ref name=Greenslade>{{cite news |first=Roy |last=Greenslade |authorlink=Roy Greenslade |work=The Guardian |date=20 January 2004 |accessdate=5 September 2011 |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jan/20/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries |title=Stewart Steven:  Ebullient editor whose bogus 'exclusives' about Martin Bormann and British Leyland failed to dent his reputation}}</ref>
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In 1972 Steven signed off as Foreign editor on a ''[[Daily Express]]'' "world exclusive" that [[Martin Bormann]] was living in South America. After 6 days the paper issued a retraction and he departed to become assistant editor for the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.<ref name=Greenslade>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jan/20/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries </ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 6 August 2021

Person.png Stewart Steven  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist, editor)
BornStefan Gustaf Cohen
1935-09-30
Hamburg
Died2004-01-19 (Age 68)
London
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma materMayfield College
ReligionRoman Catholic
Parents • Rudolph Steven
• Trude Steven
Childrenadopted Inka's son
SpouseInka Sobieniewska
Printed "world exclusive" for Daily Express that Martin Bormann was living in South America. After 6 days the paper issued a retraction.

Stewart Steven was regarded as a "brilliant editor".[1]

Career

In 1972 Steven signed off as Foreign editor on a Daily Express "world exclusive" that Martin Bormann was living in South America. After 6 days the paper issued a retraction and he departed to become assistant editor for the Daily Mail.[1]


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