John Morgan was a Welsh

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 journalist

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 and broadcaster. Morgan worked for the BBC as a presenter on programmes such as Panorama, and wrote for The New Statesman

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, The Spectator

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and The Sunday Times

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, among others.

When Morgan was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he worked with Channel 4

Channel 4

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 on Concerning Cancer: the Enemy Within, a documentary of his experience; the film won the 1989 Grierson Award. A collection of his articles was posthumously published in 1993 by Christopher Davies.