Jacky Gillott

British novelist and broadcaster

Also known as: Jacqueline Anne Gillott

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In full:: Jacqueline Anne Gillott

Born:: September 24, 1939, Bromley, Kent, England

Died:: September 19, 1980, Somerset (aged 40)

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Jacky Gillott (born September 24, 1939, Bromley, Kent, England—died September 19, 1980, Somerset) was a British novelist and broadcaster who was one of Britain’s first woman television reporters.

After graduating from University College in London (now University College London), she joined a provincial newspaper before starting a new career with Independent Television News. She continued to work in broadcasting and journalism, presenting the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Kaleidoscope program on the arts. In addition to her television career, Gillott wrote a number of widely acclaimed novels, including Salvage (1968), The Head Case (1979), and Intimate Relations (1980). In 1980 she took her own life.

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