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A valued colleague

Sue Inglish Sue Inglish | 17:06 UK time, Tuesday, 4 March 2008

It's always hard to accept the death of a valued colleague and friend but when that person is just 42 years old and dies suddenly and without warning, the loss is even harder to come to terms with.

Gareth ButlerMany of us in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News have been shocked and saddened by the death of Gareth Butler, until very recently deputy editor of the and a man who had worked on a wide range of news programmes during his many years at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳.

Gareth had a passion for politics and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject which made him an invaluable member of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s political programmes department in Westminster.

He was a founder member of the team which launched the Politics Show on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One in early 2003 and played an important role as deputy editor in shaping and developing its unique remit for covering politics.

In recent years, he edited a number of election results programmes for radio where his ability to make sense of the fast moving story was a huge asset.

His calm good humour will be hugely missed by all of us.

, presenter of the Politics Show, has written an .

Comments

  • 1.
  • At 07:15 PM on 05 Mar 2008,
  • John Moore wrote:

just read this. He was a fine person. My sympathies to his family for what must have been a terrible shock

  • 2.
  • At 12:42 AM on 06 Mar 2008,
  • Mehdi Hasan wrote:

I worked with Gareth Butler for six months in 2003, during the launch of the Politics Show. This sad news comes as a real shock and surprise to me. He was a truly decent person and nice guy and he had a formidable knowledge of politics and current affairs. On behalf of the whole team, he presented me with my wedding gift shortly before I left the programme. My deepest condolences to his wife and children.

- Mehdi

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