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Title: David Willey OBE
Post by Administrator on Jul 12^th, 2026, 8:36pm

BBC News Web-site, here, reports the death of David Willey OBE, the long-serving BBC foreign correspondent.

David was well-known for being the BBC reporter in The Vatican since 1972 until his retirement.

The BBC Report is by Aleem Maqbool Religion Editor and George Wright.

"David Willey, who served as a BBC foreign correspondent for more than half a century, has died aged 93.
He reported from Algeria, Vietnam and China, but is best known for his time in Rome as the BBC's Vatican correspondent, where he covered the papacies of five popes.
Widely regarded as one of the most experienced journalistic voices on the Vatican, Willey wrote a book on Pope Francis and was awarded an OBE for services to broadcast journalism."

The Wikipedia biography is here. 