PETALING JAYA: Veteran newsman Tony Francis has died at the age of 73 this morning (Dec 21), confirmed his former colleagues. His wife and former colleague Chan Cheng Tuan Chan said that Francis passed away due to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), reported the New Straits Times. The legendary former sportswriter and then editor-in-chief of the English daily worked for the newspaper from 1967 to 2002 before moving on to other publications. After his retirement, Francis was the editor of Golf Digest with Blu Inc. He later joined Malay Mail as the editor-in-chief. He also worked as a consultant with motoring magazine Top Gear. Francis was well known in the industry as he had covered two Olympics (Korea 1988 and Barcelona 1992) and three Fifa World Cups (Germany 1974, Berlin 2006 and South Africa 2010), besides a host of international events like the Thomas Cup, SEA Games and Asian Games. He was reported to have ghostwritten Indonesian badminton great Rudy Hartono's column ... » Learn More about Veteran journo and Hall of Fame sportswriter Tony Francis dies