Peter Jay, journalist and diplomat, dies aged 87
by Nadeem Badshah and agency from Economics | The Guardian on (#6QXX9)
Tributes paid to one of the UK's foremost economics commentators who was also ambassador to Washington
Peter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.
Colleagues in the political and media world paid tributes after he died peacefully at home" on Sunday. Jay was one of the country's foremost economics commentators of his time, spending time as the economics editor for the BBC and the Times.
Additional reporting by PA Media
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