Richard Gott
Richard Gott | |
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Gott in 2013 | |
| Born | Richard Willoughby Gott 28 October 1938 Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 2 November 2025 (aged 87) |
| Education | Winchester College, Hampshire (independent boarding school) |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Organization | The Guardian |
| Known for | Journalist, historian, author |
| Spouses | Josephine Ann Johnson
(m. 1966)Vivien Jane Ashley (m. 2005) |
Richard Willoughby Gott (28 October 1938 – 2 November 2025) was a British journalist and historian. A Latin America correspondent and features editor for the British newspaper The Guardian, he was known for his radical politics and a connection to Che Guevara. Gott resigned from The Guardian in 1994, after senior KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky accused him of having been a Soviet "agent of influence", an accusation that Gott rejected.