Erik Tumyr
Erik Tumyr (27 November 1962 – 16 April 2011) was a Norwegian journalist.
He was the son of journalist, newspaper editor and politician Arne Tumyr. He started his career in Nybrott in 1983, where his father had been editor-in-chief since 1970. He then worked for Rjukan Arbeiderblad and Dagbladet Sørlandet. In 1988 he was hired in Osloavisen, and as it went defunct after a short time, he went on to Verdens Gang. At the advent of 2001 he started in Dagens Næringsliv, and in 2002 he won a SKUP Award for revealing that billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke owned and steered a yacht without the appropriate seafaring certificate. Tumyr worked in gossip magazine Se og Hør from 2003,[1] later in Kapital.[2]
He wrote two books, the first with Frank Gander about the Orderud case. Titled Da døden kom til Orderud, it was released in 2002. In 2005 he published a memoir book named Journalistjævler.[2]
He had one daughter. He sustained a serious head trauma in the summer of 2010, was in a coma for some time before recovering, but he died in April 2011.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Mossin, Bjørn Åge (7 October 2005). "Erik Tumyr". Journalisten (in Norwegian).
- ^ a b c Storedal, Magne (13 May 2011). "Erik Tumyr er død". Journalisten (in Norwegian). p. 30.
- ^ Kleven, Tom (28 April 2011). "Minneord". Østlands-Posten (in Norwegian). p. 61.
