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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/08/2878054/robert-millward-ap-sports-writer.html
Robert Millward: AP sports writer dies at 58
By STEPHEN WILSON
AP Sports Writer
Published: Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 3:35
pm
LONDON -- Robert
Millward, a longtime Associated Press sports writer whose passion
for football and love of life endeared him to colleagues and competitors
alike, died Thursday in South
Africa. He was 58.Millward died apparently of natural causes
in Johannesburg. He had just returned from Cape Town,
where he covered the Netherlands-Uruguay semifinal in his seventh World Cup.He
was found in his hotel room, and an emergency medical team was unable
to revive him.
In a well-traveled AP
career spanning three decades, Millward, of Birmingham,
England, thrived on big events like the World Cup, the Olympics and the
British Open. He
joined the AP
in London in 1984, left for a brief period in the late
'80s and returned in 1990.He recently counted the sports he had
chronicled for the AP
and came up with an astonishing total of 52. He had been the AP's
chief football writer for the past several years."Robert was a
lovely man who truly had a zest for life," Sports Editor Terry Taylor said. "He
had a twinkle in his eye, a
sly sense of humor and, usually, a self-deprecating remark that made him
an irresistible magnet for all of us. We loved his company as much as
he loved big assignments, especially the World Cup.
We will miss his good cheer and we are very, very saddened by his
loss."Millward had a deep and widespread knowledge of all
international sports, including football, cricket, golf, rugby, boxing
and horse racing. His main interest was football and, in
particular, his beloved local team, West Bromwich Albion."Robert's
sudden death is a blow to all his colleagues and friends at AP,"
International Sports Editor Simon Haydon said. "He
was a gentleman among British sports writers, always ready to help and
always willing and excited to cover new stories."Robert's
enthusiasm was legendary and in South Africa he had been at his most
versatile, filing impressive footballing stories until hours before his
collapse. The Associated Press and sports journalism is a
poorer place for Robert's death."Millward filed his last story
earlier Thursday, a preview of the World Cup final between Spain and The
Netherlands. He wrote that it shaped up as a
"potential classic."Millward's wife, Pauline, said she was
arranging for his body to be cremated in South Africa and his ashes
returned to England. She said she would like to have them
scattered at West Brom's ground, The Hawthorns.His wife
said she spoke with her husband the day before he died. Millward was due
to return home this weekend and then travel to St. Andrews,
Scotland, for the British Open."He was very
happy, laughing and joking," she said. "He seemed to be enjoying
himself. He was looking forward to coming home."Before joining AP,
Millward worked at the Birmingham Post. He also worked briefly in Birmingham
in the late 1980s as news editor of Caters News, Britain's oldest independent
press agency."He
was such an affable guy, hail fellow well met," said Chris
Johnson, a former co-owner of Caters. "He was a real genuine guy and
a dedicated professional, somebody who took great joy in doing a job
and doing it well and thoroughly. He never left anything half done."Though
he made a full recovery, Millward suffered serious head
injuries when he was hit by falling scaffolding while walking down a
Birmingham street in the late 1980s.In
addition to World Cups, he covered numerous Olympic
Games, both summer and winter, specializing in weightlifting and Alpine
skiing.As a fan, he avidly followed the
fortunes of West Brom, which last won the topflight English
league title in 1919-20 and the FA Cup in 1968. The club, known as the
"Baggies," has bounced back and forth from Premier League promotion and
relegation in recent years.In the workplace or in the pub,
Millward was quick with a quip and told a good tale."Bob was a
great friend to many of us, a genial guy who was always there with a
cheery word even to the competition," said Paul
Radford, sports editor of Thomson Reuters news agency. "I knew Bob
for more than 20 years and he was a good friend and companion and
someone who enjoyed great respect in the agency world."
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