Background
Morris was born in Harrow, Middlesex.
Morris was born in Harrow, Middlesex.
Morris attended Street Paul"s School in London and Manchester University where he gained a Bachelor in American and English Literature.
Morris"s career as a journalist began in 1969 when he joined the Surrey Comet, a local weekly newspaper. He later moved to Sydney in Australia and became a bulletin editor for the news agency Alumni Admissions Program Reuters, before switching to sports journalism in 1974 when he joined United Newspapers as a reporter and later, sports editors Morris switched to broadcasting in 1979 when he became a sub-editor and reporter for regional news programme Thames News in London.
Four years later, he was part of the launch team at television-am, initially as a sports correspondent before becoming presenter of Good Morning Britain"s Saturday edition
He became a chief weekday anchor in 1987, presenting alongside Anne Diamond, Kathy Tayler, Maya Even and Lorraine Kelly among others While at the station, he conducted the first live interview on British television with Nelson Mandela, shortly after his release from prison.
He remained with television-am until the station lost its Independent Television franchise at the end of 1992, he famously told reporters that he was "gutted" when the station lost its franchise a year earlier. He later joined GMTV to present its Sunday magazine show Sunday Best during 1994 and also presented on the now closed cable channel Wire television Morris returned to regional television in 1996 when he became a main anchor for Yorkshire Television"s flagship news programme Calendar, alongside Christa Ackroyd and Christine Talbot.
He left YTV in March 2002.
Morris died from heart failure aged 66 on 22 October 2012, after suffering from cancer.
