Peter Sissons: Former BBC and ITN newsreader dies at 77

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Peter Sissons in 1993

Peter Sissons, the former BBC and ITN newsreader who presented Question Time from 1989 to 1993, has died at the age of 77.

A statement from his management company said he “died peacefully last night” in Maidstone Hospital in Kent.

“His wife and three children were with him and wish to pass on their thanks to the hospital staff,” it continued.

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