Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher, co-founder of the Jewish Telegraph, died she was , 89.

Vivienne Harris, MBE was a British businesswoman, newspaper publisher and journalist who co-founded the Jewish Telegraph in December 1950 with her husband, Frank Harris  died she was , 89.. She is the mother of the Jewish Telegraph's present owner and group editor, Paul Harris.

(1921/1922 - March 4, 2011) 

Harris was born in Prestwich. Vivenne Harris's husband, Frank, a freelance journalist, had relocated to Manchester from London.^[1] He soon realized that the only Jewish newspaper publication in the area. Vivienne and her husband co-founded the weekly Jewish Telegraph in the dining room of their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1950.^[1] Vivienne Harris oversaw much of the newspaper's expansion from its origins as a four-page, weekly paper^[2] during the next sixty years, until 2011.^[1] Under Harris, the Jewish Telegraph expanded to four editions in four major British cities - Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow.^[1] Her husband and newspaper co-founder Frank Harris died in 1979. Their son, Paul Harris, became group editor while Vivienne Harris remained financial director and co-owner.^[1]
In June 1997, Harris was the recipient of the MBE for her contributions to both journalism and Greater Manchester.^[2] She remained the Jewish Telegraph's financial director until her death in 2011.^[2] Additionally, Harris was active in numerous charitable organizations, including Save the Children, the Citizens Advice Bureau of Salford, the League of Jewish Woman, St Ann’s Hospice and the Jewish Day Centre.^[2]
Harris addressed attendees at the Jewish Telegraph’s 60th anniversary dinner in December 2010.^[2] Dignitaries at the event, which was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Manchester International Airport, included Bury Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr John Byrne and his wife, Brenda.^[2]
Vivienne Harris died at her home in Broughton Park on March 4, 2011, at the age of 89.^[1] She remained the active financial director of the newspaper until her death.^[1] She was survived by her sons, Paul Harris and Jonathan Harris.^[2]

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