Person Open DS/UK/14131 Dempster; Nigel Richard Patton (1941-2007); British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist Dempster Nigel Richard Patton 1941-2007 British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist Male

Nigel Richard Patton Dempster (1 November 1941 in Calcutta, India – 12 July 2007 in Ham, Surrey) was a British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist. Best known for his celebrity gossip columns in newspapers, his work appeared in the Daily Express and Daily Mail and also in Private Eye magazine. At his death, the editor of the Daily Mail Paul Dacre was reported as saying: "His scoops were the stuff of legend and his zest for life inexhaustible". International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 3/20/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 a219dfbb-a41a-4726-863e-871a5193a8e2