Nicholas Davies (journalist)

Not to be confused with Nick Davies, Guardian journalist and author of Flat Earth News.

Nicholas Davies
Born14 March 1937[1]
Died28 January 2016[1][2]
OccupationJournalist, writer
NationalityBritish
Period1961–2016
GenreJournalism, biography
Notable worksDiana: A Princess and Her Troubled Marriage (1992)
Death of a Tycoon (1993)
Dead Men Talking (2003)
Spouse1. Unknown (divorced)
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(m. 1982; div. 1991)​

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Andrea Martin
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(m. 1992)​

Nicholas Alan Francis Benedict Davies (14 March 1937 – 28 January 2016), also known as Nick Davies, was a journalist and author, formerly foreign editor of the Daily Mirror. He was closely associated with Robert Maxwell,[3] and was the centre of considerable UK media attention in 1991 after he was accused in Seymour Hersh's book The Samson Option of involvement in Israeli arms deals and of passing the location of Mordechai Vanunu to the Mossad. In response, Maxwell and Davies sued for libel and Hersh and his publisher, Faber & Faber counter-sued. Maxwell's suit ended when he died and Davies did not pursue the case. The two suits were resolved when the Mirror Group apologised to Hersh and paid substantial on behalf of Maxwell after Maxwell's death.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Mr Nicholas Alan Davies" in England and Wales Death Index 1989–2022, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 25 September 2023 (subscription required)
  2. ^ Nick Davies, mirrorpensioners.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ Schreckinger, Ben; Lippman, Daniel (21 July 2019). "Meet the woman who ties Jeffrey Epstein to Trump and the Clintons". POLITICO. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (19 August 1994). "U.S. Author Gets Apology in Libel Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2007.