Veteran journalist Mark Tully passes away at 90

Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and author Sir William Mark Tully, widely known as Mark Tully passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. His voice became deeply familiar to Indian audiences in the latter half of the 20th century as he reported on some of the country’s most significant political moments, news agency IANS reported.

A former BBC journalist, Tully spent much of his career covering India and South Asia and was recognised with honours from both the Indian and British governments. He had been unwell for some time and was admitted to a hospital in south Delhi, where he died.

Tully was born on October 24, 1935, in Tollygunge, Calcutta (now Kolkata), into a wealthy British business family. He completed his early education in India, including time at a boarding school in Darjeeling, before moving to the United Kingdom at the age of nine. He later studied theology at Cambridge University with the intention of joining the clergy, but abandoned that path midway and turned to journalism, joining the BBC in 1964.