{"id":2171,"date":"2019-02-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/tributes-paid-to-robin-burgess\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:47:29","slug":"tributes-paid-to-robin-burgess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/tributes-paid-to-robin-burgess\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes Paid To Robin Burgess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tributes have been paid<\/a> to Robin Burgess, the former chief executive of CN Group, who died last week.<\/p>\n

A former Newspaper Society president, Robin died aged 68 at his home in Scaleby, Cumbria, from cancer. Robin leaves a wife Alex and four children, Rose, Kate, Rachel and James.<\/p>\n

Robin was the fourth generation of his family to have run the Carlisle-based media group which was sold to Newsquest last year.<\/p>\n

A family spokesman said: “Robin was a very good, decent and kind man, aware of his responsibilities to his community and all around him. He loved his family, his county and his newspapers. We shall miss him.”<\/p>\n

Jonathan Lee, managing director of Newsquest Cumbria, said: “This is such sad news. Robin was a true gentleman, highly respected across the industry and across the community.<\/p>\n

“He was passionate about making sure the media served its community, always taking a keen interest in everyone he met. He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him. All our thoughts are with Alex and the family.”<\/p>\n

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A sad day. Robin Burgess was a true gentleman, and a great publisher who did a huge amount of good for the regional press and most of all for the communities of Cumbria. We will all miss his smile. Our thoughts are with his family. https:\/\/t.co\/6n3GaA6VYp<\/a><\/p>\n

— Henry Faure Walker (@FaureWalker) 23 February 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n