How appropriate that I should hear this news breaking whilst watching the BBC News channel. Though he didn't adapt to rolling news quite so well, he was always an authoritative presence when reading the news.
One of his best moments was when he delivered a tribute to Jill Dando at the end of the Nine O'Clock News on the day of her murder.
It is quite rare for news to shock me. Especially these days. However, this news has left me stunned. Even as somebody who is too young to have seen him on air before his retirement, I was always aware in videos of broadcasts past, of how much of a professional he was. I'm sure he will be greatly missed.
Very sad news. I was of a slightly later era and the stern six of Sissons + Ford or Moira was the best ! Good comprehensive concise well presented news compared with the ramblings of today.
Former newsreader and journalist Peter Sissons has died at the age of 77. Here he is in September 1989, introducing his first episode of Question Time. pic.twitter.com/HQMqWDzMZ4