Sarah Corp

Sarah Corp (24 April 1975 – 10 May 2016) was a British television producer who worked for ITN's Channel 4 News. She specialized in foreign affairs.[1][2]

Life and career

She was born in Blackheath, London, the youngest of three daughters to John and Prue Corp. Corp spent her early childhood in Egypt, where her father worked in the oil industry. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich and was heavily involved in music, learning to sing and play three instruments: the cello, piano, and trumpet. Corp worked as a teacher in Nepal before earning a degree in history at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She continued to sing while in college and throughout her career in journalism. In 1998, she began working at ITN. Corp was assigned to the ITN's coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and later reported on Iran's Green Revolution, the Libyan Civil War and the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Shortly after returning from coverage of the 2014 Hong Kong protests, Corp was diagnosed with lung cancer. She died in May 2016, aged 41. Corp was married to Charles Bates from 2008 until her death.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Mayhew, Freddy (16 May 2016). "Tributes to Channel 4 foreign affairs producer Sarah Corp who has died aged 41". Press Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Moore-Bridger, Benedict (13 May 2016). "Colleagues pay tribute to Channel 4 journalist Sarah Corp, who died of cancer aged just 41". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Snow, Jon (15 May 2016). "Sarah Corp obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sarah Corp, television producer – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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