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Former British Broadcasting Corporation chairman Marmaduke Hussey has died at the age of 83.
Hussey was appointed to the top BBC job in 1986, steering it for a decade during which it was criticised for alleged left-wing bias during the rule of conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. His journalistic career began in 1949 when he joined Associated Newspapers as a trainee.
He went on to become a director at the newspaper group, before switching to Times Newspapers, where he was managing director from 1971-80. He had been a soldier during World War II, losing a leg.
After his time at the BBC he was given a life peerage, becoming Lord Hussey, in 1996.
