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Ex-Daily Star editor Brian Hitchen dies in Spain crash

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A former editor of the Daily Star and Sunday Express has been run over and killed in Spain, along with his wife.

Brian and Nelli Hitchen Brian Hitchen was Editor of the Daily Star from 1987 to 1994

Brian Hitchen, 77, and his wife Nelli were struck by a car on Sunday while crossing a road in Altea, near Benidorm, on the country’s east coast.

Mr Hitchen was editor of the Daily Star from 1987 to 1994 and the Sunday Express in 1995.

Daily Express editor Hugh Whittow described his friend and ex-colleague as “talented, funny and generous”.

Mr Hitchen, who during his career also worked for the Daily Mirror and the National Enquirer in the United States, died in hospital following the crash on Sunday.

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