Reg McKay
Appearance
Reg McKay (15 July 1953 – 19 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist with the Daily Record newspaper. He was also a former Director of Social Work with Argyll and Bute Council and a former Director of the Action for Children charity. As well as writing crime fiction, he penned several best-selling true-crime books over ten years.
Personal life/death
McKay's family moved from Aberdeenshire to Glasgow circa 1967. He attended Govan High School, Glasgow, until 1971, when he matriculated at the University of Glasgow. McKay had several top selling books before his death. McKay spent much of his life in Glasgow and spent his final years in Paisley, Renfrewshire, with his wife, Gerry, where he died from brain and lung cancer on 19 October 2009, aged 56.
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- 1953 births
- 2009 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Scotland
- Deaths from brain tumor
- Deaths from lung cancer
- People from Argyll and Bute
- People from Glasgow
- Journalists from Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Scottish crime fiction writers
- Scottish journalists
- Scottish novelists
- People educated at Govan High School
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- 20th-century Scottish novelists
- Scottish male novelists
- 20th-century British male writers