Claud Cockburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claud Cockburn

Irish journalist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1981

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Francis Claud Cockburn ( KOH-b?rn; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a British journalist.
His saying "believe nothing until it has been officially denied" is widely quoted in journalistic studies, although he did not claim credit for originating it.
He was the second cousin, once removed, of novelists Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh.
He lived at Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.
During his lifetime, Cockburn was "a leading British Communist Party member" and, by the 1940s, he was reputed to be a prominent figure in "the Comintern in Western Europe."