Richard Stott, 63, former editor of the Daily Mirror, died early this morning at home of pancreatic cancer, according to an announcement by his family.

Stott wrote columns for the News of the World, and more recently the Sunday Mirror, which he continued writing until shortly before his death. His last column in the Sunday Mirror was published June 3.

Stott worked as editor of several tabloid newspapers in the 1980s and '90s, starting with the Sunday People in 1984.

He took charge of the Daily Mirror twice, from 1985 to 1989, and in 1992. In between, he took on a second stint at the Sunday People. In 1993, he concluded his Fleet Street editing career in charge of Today, until 1995.

Stott started his journalism career in local newspapers and the Ferrari News Agency. He joined Daily Mirror as a reporter in 1968.

He later became the features editor and an assistant editor at the Daily Mirror, and then got his first editor's job at the Sunday People.
- Guardian Unlimited