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CodeDS/UK/9770
NameSpain; Nancy (1917-1964); English broadcaster, journalist
Dates1917-1964
GenderFemale
BiographyNancy Brooker Spain (13 September 1917 – 21 March 1964) was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist for the Daily Express, She magazine and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s, also appearing on many radio broadcasts, particularly on Woman's Hour and My Word!, and later as a panelist on the television programmes What's My Line? and Juke Box Jury. Spain died in an airplane crash near Aintree racecourse while travelling to commentate on the 1964 Grand National.

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