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Sept 2020
Harrogate Thalidomide campaigner pays tribute to Sir Harold Evans
A leading Thalidomide campaigner from Harrogate has paid tribute to Sir Harold Evans, the newspaper editor who championed the cause of the drug's victims in the early 1970s.
Sir Harold - known as Harry - a former editor of the Northern Echo and the youngest editor of the Sunday Times, has died at the age of 92.
He was instrumental in exposing the Thalidomide scandal, which saw thousands of babies in the UK born with severe disabilities after their mothers were given the drug to cure morning sickness.
Thalidomide victim Guy Tweedy, who lives in Harrogate, became a good friend of Sir Harold, and last saw him at his New York club in July 2019. He said:
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