British tennis author Mike Dickson has died whereas masking the Australian Open in Melbourne. He was 59.
His dying was introduced on Wednesday by his spouse, Lucy, in a joint message with the household on X, previously Twitter. It was confirmed by The Each day Mail, the British newspaper the place Dickson had labored since 1990.
“We’re devastated to announce that our great husband and Dad, Mike, has collapsed and died whereas in Melbourne for the Aus Open,” the Dickson household wrote in a put up.
“For 38 years he lived his dream masking sport all around the world. He was a really nice man and we are going to miss him terribly.”
Lee Clayton, The Each day Mail’s international writer for sport, stated “the world of tennis will be a part of us in mourning.”
“He was a large of a journalist,” Clayton wrote.
Dickson, who lived in Wimbledon, was a cricket correspondent at The Mail earlier than transferring to tennis. The newspaper stated he coated 30 completely different sports activities throughout almost 50 international locations in complete.