(Vatican Radio) Millions of Vatican Radio listeners knew this voice and the man behind the voice: “This is Gordon Martin for Vatican Radio in Geneva”Listen to the report by Christian Peschken: On Wednesday, here at the UN Geneva we, his colleagues where saddened to learn from his wife, that Gordon had passed away the day earlier on Tuesday July 26, at 9PM in his Geneva home, following a heart attack. The President of the United Nations Correspondent Association ACANU , Jan Dirk Herbermann:“Gordon Martin was certainly one of our most esteemed colleagues; he was famous for his anecdotes, for his jokes, for his very good sense of humour. This is certainly a great loss for the Geneva press corps. He was also a personal friend as it is always sad to lose personal friends and esteemed colleagues like Gordon” he said. UN Geneva Director General Michael Moller in his official commemorative statement this morning acknowledged Gordon Mar...
(Vatican Radio) Millions of Vatican Radio listeners knew this voice and the man behind the voice:
“This is Gordon Martin for Vatican Radio in Geneva”
Listen to the report by Christian Peschken:
On Wednesday, here at the UN Geneva we, his colleagues where saddened to learn from his wife, that Gordon had passed away the day earlier on Tuesday July 26, at 9PM in his Geneva home, following a heart attack.
The President of the United Nations Correspondent Association ACANU , Jan Dirk Herbermann:
“Gordon Martin was certainly one of our most esteemed colleagues; he was famous for his anecdotes, for his jokes, for his very good sense of humour. This is certainly a great loss for the Geneva press corps. He was also a personal friend as it is always sad to lose personal friends and esteemed colleagues like Gordon” he said.
UN Geneva Director General Michael Moller in his official commemorative statement this morning acknowledged Gordon Martin’s - as he called it - considerable contributions to public knowledge of the crucial work carried out in International Geneva , and said that Gordon Martin’s death marks the end of an era.
Gordon Martin was the UN Geneva Correspondent for Vatican Radio for over 25 years. Gordon retired in 2014 at the age of 87.
The man with his 40 year old Remington typewriter, was known as “Mr Gordon” by many of his former colleagues, whether at the Palais des Nations or at the Swiss Press Club.
Gordon Martin's journalistic life spanned over 59 years. He was a war correspondent in Afghanistan and also one of the top reporters with Reuters, the BBC, the Daily Telegraph and of course Vatican Radio.
His farewell report for Vatican Radio was broadcast on September 30, 2014.
From all of us here at the UN Geneva, and Vatican Radio: “May You rest in Peace Gordon, and who knows, perhaps you hang out now with the patron saint of writers and journalists St. Francis de Sales… and your audio signature continues to echo in the Eternal Press Room upstairs”.
Christian Peschken at the UN in Geneva for Vatican Radio
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