The undisputed king of showbiz reporters, Don Short always beat his Fleet Street rivals to the biggest scoops… and even became a friend to the stars he wrote about.
The Daily Mirror legend broke some of the most important rock ’n’ roll exclusives of the 60s and 70s, including the biggest of them all, the break-up of the Beatles.
The writer, who coined the term Beatlemania, was closer to the Fab Four than any other journalist.
