Former Courier photographer Bill Brown, who retired last year after more than 44 years with DC Thomson, has died aged 66.
Mr Brown suffered a heart attack on Wednesday, although he had been receiving treatment for cancer for some time.
Born the son of a minister in Galashiels, Mr Brown moved with his family to Prestwick as a baby.
At the age of four his family returned to Galashiels, where he attended primary school, but he moved to Kinghorne Road in Dundee in his early teens and attended Harris Academy.
Mr Brown started in The Courier’s photo labs in 1964 after an apprenticeship with freelance company Angus Photos.
In his time behind the lens Mr Brown saw technology change dramatically, from plate cameras in the 1960s to roll film, to 35mm film and latterly to digital photography.
He photographed many important places and faces for The Courier but listed 1988’s Lockerbie disaster and the 1996 Dunblane tragedy as the two events that stayed with him through his career.
Mr Brown also regularly covered football matches at Dens and Tannadice, as well as throughout the country.
In covering civic and royal visits to Dundee, he became personally acquainted with the Queen Mother and also Mary, Dowager Countess of Strathmore.
Mr Brown, who lived in Broughty Ferry with his wife Patricia, is survived by his sons Stephen, Simon and Nicholas, step-daughters Linsey, Katie and Rachel and three granddaughters.