Career
Her first media job was as a broadcaster for Radio Television Brunei during the 1970s. During the 1980s, she moved to Britain and after working as a presenter for Midlands Today and continuity announcer for Granada Television, she moved to London as a newsreader for the national British Broadcasting Corporation News in 1988. She joined the British Broadcasting Corporation"s world television service on its launch in 1991 and also presented British Broadcasting Corporation 2"s Newsview.
Her second marriage, from 1998 until her death, was to Dominic Pearson.
In 2005 the Harvard Kennedy School established a fund in Lithgow"s honor to support students with an interest in journalism.
