{"id":16080,"date":"2020-08-10T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T20:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:27:22","slug":"co-down-village-pays-final-farewell-to-brian-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080","title":{"rendered":"Co Down Village Pays Final Farewell To Brian Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.54944111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.54944111.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.54944111-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A Co Down village has bid a final farewell to a former television presenter.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Black, 77, died last week after his car entered the water at the harbor in Strangford.<\/p>\n<p>Local people intervened to rescue him, but he was later pronounced dead in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Crowds turned out in his home village on Monday afternoon to pay tribute as his hearse passed through the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Former UTV colleagues, including Jeanie Johnston, were among those who gathered and broke into spontaneous applause as his wicker coffin passed.<\/p>\n<p>Much sadness was expressed at the passing of the former UTV Environment Correspondent, including by colleague Gerry Kelly who tweeted: \u201cI am devastated to learn of the tragic death of my former UTV colleague Brian Black. May he rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Black presented the award-winning current affairs program, Counterpoint, before becoming UTV\u2019s environment correspondent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16080\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16080\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16080\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16080\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Co Down village has bid a final farewell to a former television presenter. 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