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Syd Burke
1938–2010
United Kingdom
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Biography
Edmund Burke (1938 – 30 July 2010), known as Syd Burke, was a broadcaster, photographer and journalist, who moved to the UK from Jamaica to study photography in 1960, after having studied engineering, and later hosted London Broadcasting Corporation's (LBC) Rice 'n' Peas, a popular magazine programme. He was the brother of psychiatrist and academic Aggrey Burke.
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