Larry Lamb (newspaper editor), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLarry Lamb (newspaper editor)
British newspaper editor
Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1929
Date of Death: 19-May-2000
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Larry Lamb (newspaper editor)
- Sir Albert Lamb (15 July 1929 – 19 May 2000), commonly known as Larry Lamb, was a British newspaper editor.
- He introduced the Page 3 feature to The Sun (for which he was editor from 1969 to 1972, and then again from 1975 to 1981), which saw a dramatic increase in sale in the 1970s.
- He also applied the term 'Winter of Discontent' to the series of strikes over the winter of 1978–79.
- In 1985, during his time as editor of the Daily Express, Lamb declared that the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela, imprisoned ANC leader in apartheid South Africa, would be "a crass error".He was Deputy Chairman of News Group from 1979 but was transferred to the Western Mail in Australia in 1981, and edited The Australian in 1982.
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