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Tributes Pour In for Beloved Journalist Rachel Cooke

11/15/2025

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Rachel Cooke, Observer journalist, died from cancer at age 56.
Tim Adams, editor of New Review, highlighted her exceptional skills in various journalistic forms during her 25 years at the Observer.
Colleagues described her as funny, kind, and a loyal feminist ally.
Born in Sheffield, Cooke studied at Oxford and began her career at the Sunday Times.
She is survived by her husband, writer Anthony Quinn, in Islington, London.

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Rachel Cooke, Observer journalist, died from cancer at age 56.
Tim Adams, editor of New Review, highlighted her exceptional skills in various journalistic forms during her 25 years at the Observer.
Colleagues described her as funny, kind, and a loyal feminist ally.
Born in Sheffield, Cooke studied at Oxford and began her career at the Sunday Times.
She is survived by her husband, writer Anthony Quinn, in Islington, London.