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Sudden death of Government media director Francis Cantos
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The sudden death of Government media director Francis Cantos has been a shock. He died last night when on holiday in Sotogrande. He was 56.
He was a former colleague of our Editor Joe Garcia who said: I remember meeting Francis by chance at Gatwick airport when he was 18. He had got a job in a Kensington paper. He was on his way to Gibraltar, where he wanted to make journalism his career. I was the editor of the 'Gibraltar Post' at the time and I approached Maurice Featherstone, who was the publisher, and Francis got his break locally. From there he went on to become editor of our contemporary the 'Gibraltar Chronicle', becoming Media Director for the Government in September 1996. He was a hard-worker who loved his profession. His death seems so unreal.
• The funeral will take place on Friday at 2pm from the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned. Our condolences to his wife Pamela, his daughters and other members of his family. May he rest in peace.
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