Simon Cumbers
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| Born | January 23, 1968 Ireland |
| Died | June 6, 2004 (aged 36) Saudi Arabia |
| Cause of death | Death by gunfire |
| Burial place | Redwood Cemetery, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Monuments | Simon Cumbers Media Fund |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Ireland |
| Alma mater | St Patrick"s Classical School |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1988-2004 |
| Employer | BBC News & Freelance |
| Known for | Covering dangerous news stories |
| Title | Print and broadcast journalist, TV news producer, TV cameraman |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Bevan |
| Parent(s) | Robert and Bronagh Cumbers |
| Website | simoncumbersmediafund |
Simon Cumbers (23 January 1968 – 6 June 2004), an Irish cameraman for the BBC News in the United Kingdom, was shot by a gunman in a terrorist attack and died while reporting in As-Suwaidi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His partner Frank Gardner was also shot and he survived the terrorist attack but was left paralyzed.
Simon Cumbers is the son of Robert (Bob) and Bronagh (Brona) Cumbers. The couple raised their two boys Simon and Stephen and two girls Eimear and Catraoine in Navan, County Meath in the Irish Republic. Simon Cumbers was educated at St. Patrick's Classical School.
Cumbers married Louise Bevan, who is a journalist for BBC News 24 and Radio 5 Live.
Cumbers was 36 years old at the time of his murder and he was buried at Redwood Cemetery, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland.
While a student at St. Patrick's, he was editor of the school magazine, Tuairim; features writer for Drogheda Independent, Ipswich Evening and Meath Chronicle; and hosted a radio show for Royal County Radio, a local pirate radio station. He started reporting for theThe Weekender. Around the age of 20, he started as a rookie and advanced to chief reporter for Capitol Radio (now called FM104) in Dublin, Ireland. In 1990, Cumbers moved to the United Kingdom to work with a variety of British broadcasters, including ITN's Channel 4 News, Channel 4 Daily, Sky News, APTN, and the BBC. Cumbers worked both as a journalist and a producer. In the late 1990s, he retrained and became a cameraman as well, establishing Locum Productions with his wife and BBC journalist Bevan, to supply camera crews to broadcasters. Among the stories Cumbers reported on were the 1989 death of Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Romanian Revolution; 1990 release of Brian Keenan in Beirut, Lebanon; the late 1990s Drumcree conflict; 1998 Good Friday Agreement and Omagh bombing, 2000 Kursk submarine disaster, and 2004 Madrid train bombings. He had also interviewed Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.
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