# Ian Fowler

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{{Short description|British journalist (1939–2013)}}
'''Ian Fowler''' (28 June 1939 – 15 February 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9953210/Ian-Fowler.html |title=Ian Fowler |newspaper=Telegraph |date=25 Mar 2013 |accessdate=2013-03-25}}</ref> was a British journalist, who worked for the ''[Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News)''. He came to prominence as a result of becoming the first person to link the deaths of the four child victims in the [Moors Murders](/source/Moors_Murders) case.

Fowler died from [Parkinson's disease](/source/Parkinson's_disease) on 15 February 2013, at the age of 73. He was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite news|author=Paul Taylor |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tributes-paid-former-men-crime-1339486 |title=Tributes paid to Former M.E.N. crime reporter Ian Fowler - the first journalist to link the deaths in the Moors Murders case |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=2013-02-22 |accessdate=2013-03-25}}</ref>

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