A PROLIFIC letter writer to your Worcester News has died, aged 92.

Denis Margrett who signed his name as D E Margrett in letters to the newspaper, died at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Monday.

He first started writing letters to what was then the Worcester News and Times in 1946, having written hundreds of letters about a vast array of subjects.

His cousin, Bill Lewis, said he would be much missed and was well-loved by all who knew him.

“He never married and didn’t have any children but he had a lot of friends, and they are all shocked to hear that he has passed away,” he said.

Mr Margrett was a member of Mensa and served in the Army. He was a keen traveller and would regularly go on holidays with Age Concern.

Mr Lewis said: “He was a very clever man. He would read something and it would stop in his head. He was educated at the King’s School as a scholarship boy, I think he was one of the first.”

Mr Margrett was born in Church Road, Worcester. His father was a coach builder, working on horsedrawn vehicles until about 1900 and then on motor powered ones.

His education at King’s was cut short as his father died before he finished, and he had to leave to support his mother.

He started work in an office job with furniture makers Rackstraws in Castle Street, Worcester, before moving on to Thomas and Son, pump and windmill manufacturer of Droitwich Road, and later Kays in the Tything, before he joined the Army.

He spent most of the war in logistics and support, serving in Egypt, Italy and Greece.

“He was a very kind man and everyone loved him. They are all heartbroken and shocked at Rowan Court, Tolladine, where he lived. He had previously been to hospital with stomach pains and eventually went in on the Friday, and died on the Monday. He will be very much missed,” said Mr Lewis.

It is not yet known when Mr Margrett’s funeral will take place.