- Eric Wallace
Eric Wallace (
16 July 1938 –28 April 2004 ) was a reporter and presenter forBorder Television and an independent film director inCumbria ,England . He was born inCarlisle and spent his whole life there. For twenty years he was the main anchor of "Lookaround " until his retirement in 1998.Border Television
At the age of 27, Wallace left his first job at
McVitie's biscuit factory to take a three-year course in Film and Television atDurham University . On graduating he joinedBorder Television as a reporter, where he would remain for the next 30 years. After his retirement, Wallace returned to make a number of guest appearances, until illness prevented him from doing so in 2002.Independent film career
Whilst working for Border TV, Wallace - an ardent movie enthusiast, directed and funded several independent films including "Strange Company" (1972), "I Can Lick Any Girl in the House" (1976) and "Stimmung" (produced between 1980 and 1986). [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zugUAtmz_4g The One and Only - A film portrait of Eric Wallace] ] Wallace himself was the subject of a 1986 short film, "The One and Only", produced by film students at the
Royal College of Art , London.Death
Eric Wallace died at
Carlisle 's Eden Valley Hospice on 28 April 2004 fromcancer . He was 65 and had been married with two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. [*cite web | title=The Voice Online - Obituaries| url=http://www.thevoiceonline.org/voice_july2004/Obituaries.html | accessdate=2006-04-02]That night's edition of "Lookaround" broke the news of Wallace's death and featured an extensive tribute. Following the tribute, anchorwoman and close friend
Fiona Armstrong wept openly on air. [cite news | first=Nick| last=Griffiths | title=Fiona’s TV tears for friend and colleague Eric | date=2004-04-30 | publisher=The Cumberland News | url=http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=94791]References
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