Alan Lee (1954 – 19 December 2015) was a prolific British writer and author on cricket and horse racing.

He was the cricket correspondent at The Times from 1988 to 1999, and from 1999, the horse-racing correspondent. He authored many books on cricket, including biographies, co-written with the subjects, of David Lloyd, David Gower and Tony Greig.[1] In the field of racing, he wrote a 2002 biography of the jockey Richard Johnson.

In 2001, Lee won the SJA Sports Writer of the Year and the Racing Journalist of the Year awards.[2] He was named the Racing Journalist of the Year again in 2003.[3] He headed London Times' cricket coverage from 1988 to 1999 between the stints of two of the biggest names in cricket journalism in the second half of 20th century : John Woodcock was Times' Cricket Correspondent from 1954 to 1988, and Christopher Martin-Jenkins from 1999 to 2008.

Lee underwent heart surgery on 6 November 2015 and was expected to make a full recovery. He attended Ascot on 18 December where he was reportedly in "sparkling form". Lee died unexpectedly the following day, aged 61.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Atherton, Mike (21 December 2015). "Farewell Alan Lee, 'superlative and the most brilliant, most natural writer'". The Times. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Times shocked by death of racing writer Alan Lee". Sports Journalist Association. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alan Lee is Racing Journalist of the Year — again". The Times. 14 December 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Cobb, John (20 December 2015). "The Times racing reporter Alan Lee dies". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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