RIP ROGER

Award-winning Sun photographer Roger Bamber – who photographed the Queen and Olivia Newton-John – has died aged 77

AWARD winning Sun photographer Roger Bamber has died aged 77.

He took shots of stars including Olivia Newton-John and the late Queen, who he said he loved snapping.

Olivia Newton John at The Eurovision Song Contest, Brighton, in 1974 where she represented United Kingdom with the song ‘Long Live Love’

Queen Elizabeth II was pictured during a visit to the Passmore Edwards museum in East Ham, East London in 1983

Roger Bamber spent 19 years at The Sun

Roger spent 19 years on The Sun after he joined the launch team in 1969.

He died three days after Her Majesty, following a short illness.

His widow, former Sun journalist Shan Lancaster, said: “He hated having to cover Ascot and picture snobs.

“The only bit he liked was the Queen.

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