Colin Chapman dead: BBC star & legendary broadcaster dies aged 87 as emotional tributes pour in

LEGENDARY broadcaster and journalist Colin Chapman has died aged 87.

The veteran has worked for the BBC TV, as well as stints at the Sunday Times, Financial Times and Observer.

Chapman - who also wrote several books - had reportedly been suffering with poor health for several years.

He is understood to have passed away over the weekend.

Chapman’s career spanned three continents and saw him as a print reporter as well a TV presenter.

He said previously: "There will not be many journalists who have been both writers and executives in the print media, and also on-camera performers and senior managers in radio and television."

He was most recently an editor-at-large for the Australian Outlook, where his work included columns on elections around the world this year.

But prior to that he'd enjoyed stints at the New York Times, Washington Post and ABC.

For the latter he was a founding producer of the network's The World Today.

During his renowned career, Chapman was not only an expert political analyst but also a revered foreign correspondent, including covering terror attacks in Hong Kong in the 1960s and international conflicts in Africa and the Suez region.

Chapman was born in the UK in 1937 and studied at the University of Leicester.