Tributes have flowed for celebrated former Newcastle Herald journalist, editor and wine writer John Lewis, who has died aged 92 after a short illness.

Mr Lewis, whose media career spanned seven decades, was married to Ruth for 57 years. He had two sons, Guy and Tim, as well as five grandchildren.

"He was a man of the utmost integrity and perspicacity; John was thoughtful, generous and profoundly kind," daughter-in-law Amanda Moore told the Herald .

"We are so proud to have known and grown from our deeply cherished and much adored father, grandfather and father-in-law. Though the loss is immense, John lives on through the strong values of truth, civic duty and humanity (like any good journalist) he has rooted within his family. And of course, our inheritance of his love for a good dr

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