TRIBUTES have been paid to a former employee of The Northern Echo who died on Saturday.
Eddie Cavill, 55, who worked in the advertising, promotions and holiday departments from 1973 to 1995, died of cancer of the oesophagus.
Mr Cavill, of North Road, Darlington, leaves a wife, Elaine, 55, two daughters, Joanne, 29, and Julie, 26, and a granddaughter, one-year-old Kathryn.
A former pupil of Rise Carr Primary School and Darlington Grammar School, he also worked as a residential social worker at a young offenders' institution in Northumberland.
The Northern Echo's promotions executive, Carol Bellinger, said: "He was a lovely guy, the sort you'd want as a neighbour, and a real family man."
Newspaper sales co-ordinator Paul Kettley said: "You could have a laugh with him, but he was very professional. He was a really good bloke, always very active."
His funeral will take place at 3pm on Tuesday at St Mark's Church, in North Road, Darlington.
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