Daily Express reporter turned globe-trotting showbiz freelance writer Garth Pearce has died aged 77.

Pearce was still writing articles for The Sun until his sudden death after being recently diagnosed with cancer.

He began his career as a journalist at 18, writing for a weekly title in Walsall, Staffordshire. He went on to work on other regional titles, including the Western Morning News, before joining the Daily Express aged 25 in 1973 as a reporter.