David Hencke: key obituary facts
Is David Hencke dead? Yes. David Hencke died on June 26, 2026, at age 79.
Cause of death: David Hencke's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was David Hencke known for?
He was a journalist.
More about David Hencke
Born: 1901.
Gender: male.
Occupation: journalist.
David Hencke, the British investigative journalist and writer who worked for The Guardian, died on June 26, 2026.
A long-serving figure in political reporting, he began as a student journalist in 1965 at Warwick University, where he edited the first university newspaper, Giblet, while studying history and politics. He went on to work for the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph in 1968, joined the Western Mail in Cardiff in 1971 and the Times Higher Education Supplement in 1973.
Hencke joined The Guardian in 1976 and became its Westminster correspondent in 1986. In 2012, he was named Political Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.