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

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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.

John Lewis at his home in Newcastle in 2023. Picture by Simone De Peak.

"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 c

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