Alex Josey, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Journalist, political writer, commentator
Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1910
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1986
Profession: writer, journalist
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Alex Josey
- Alexander Arthur Josey (3 April 1910 – 15 October 1986) was a British journalist, political writer and commentator, biographer, and during WWII and the Malayan Emergency, a propagandist.
- He is best known for his biographies on the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, as well as: Democracy in Singapore: The 1970 By-Elections, Singapore: Its Past, Present and Future, Socialism in Asia, and Trade Unionism in Malaya.Born in Poole, UK, Josey was an avid writer from an early age.
- He was also an avid cyclist, and was a founding member of The Peddle Club and resurrected the Poole Wheelers Cycling Club.
- He became assistant editor of 'Cycling' under H.
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- England and wrote the 12th edition of the Cycling Manual and Year Book.During WWII Josey was in charge of psychological warfare in Cairo and Palestine.
- After the war, he was in charge of psychological warfare against the terrorists during The Malayan Emergency.
- He was employed by Radio Malaya and later Radio Singapore as a political commentator and Controller of News.
- He wrote over twenty political novels and wrote many political articles on Singapore and Malaysia for various Singapore and international newspapers and journals.
- He became a good friend of Lee Kuan Yew who later became the Prime Minister of Singapore.
- He was the first foreign correspondent to be kicked out of Singapore (then part of Malaysia) by the Malaysian government.
- He returned to Singapore after its independence from Malaysia and became Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's Press Secretary for 10 years, and biographer and public relations officer.
- He later became the Publications Manager of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce before being crippled by Parkinson's disease.
- Although planning to return to England due to the high cost of his medicine, he died aged 76 on 15 October 1986 at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
- His ashes are kept at the Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender Street, Singapore.
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