Ted Crosbie
{{Short description|Irish newspaper publisher (1931–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
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|birth_place = Montenotte, Cork, Irish Free State
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|death_place = St Luke's Nursing Home, Blackrock, Cork, Ireland
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|resting_place = St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Glasheen, Cork, Ireland
|nationality = Irish
|education = Christian Brothers College, Cork
|alma_mater = University College Cork
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|occupation = Businessman, publisher
|spouse = {{marriage|Gretchen Kelleher|1960|1996|reason=died}}
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Thomas Edward Crosbie (30 April 1931 – 9 October 2022) was an Irish businessman and newspaper publisher.
Early life
Born in Cork on 30 April 1931, Ted Crosbie (as he was known) was a great-grandson of Thomas Crosbie, one of Cork's best-known businessmen who became sole proprietor of The Cork Examiner in 1872. He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork and later received a BSc from University College Cork in 1952.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40979420.html|title=Ted Crosbie, a giant of Cork's media world for decades, passes away |publisher=Echo Live|date=9 October 2022|accessdate=11 October 2022}}
Business career
Following in the footsteps of his own father, also named Thomas, Ted Crosbie joined The Cork Examiner on a full-time basis after completing his university studies, having earlier worked there during his schooldays and summer holidays. He was sent to Sweden for nine months of work experience in the paper mills which supplied the newspaper group.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40979483.html|title=Obituary: Ted Crosbie, Cork's quintessential newspaperman|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=10 October 2022|accessdate=11 October 2022}}
Crosbie rose to the position of Technical Director and was responsible for the changeover to web offset printing in 1976. A decade later he oversaw the introduction of a computerised system. Crosbie served as chief executive until 1993. He later served as vice-chair of Thomas Crosbie Holdings.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/ted-crosbie-remembered-as-a-true-pioneer-of-modern-irish-media-and-a-gentleman-42052375.html|title=Ted Crosbie remembered as a ‘true pioneer of modern Irish media’ and a gentleman|publisher=Irish Independent|date=9 October 2022|accessdate=11 October 2022}}
Personal life and death
Crosbie met Gretchen Kelleher at a dance during Easter 1959 and they were married a year later.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/conferrings/honorary/archive/dr-ted-crosbie-degree-of-doctor-of-laws.html|title=Dr Ted Crosbie, Degree of Doctor of Laws|publisher=UCC website|date=|accessdate=11 October 2022}} The couple had six children. Crosbie's wife was killed in a road traffic accident near Abbeyleix in October 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/president-represented-at-funeral-of-publisher-s-wife-1.93764|title=President represented at funeral of publisher's wife|publisher=Irish Times|date=9 October 1996|accessdate=11 October 2022}} A daughter, Suzanne, also predeceased him in December 2007.
Crosbie died after a brief illness at St. Luke's Home in Cork, on 9 October 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/10/09/tributes-paid-to-cork-businessman-and-irish-examiner-publisher-ted-crosbie/|title=Tributes paid to Cork businessman and Irish Examiner publisher Ted Crosbie|publisher=Irish Times|date=9 October 2022|accessdate=11 October 2022}}
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Category:Businesspeople from County Cork
Category:People educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork