The TV icon died in June this year.

Legendary newsreader Sandy Gall died in June this year (Image: Getty)

Legendary ITV newsreader Sandy Gall left his family a small fortune in his will following his death in June of this year at the age of 97. The iconic newsman had been one of the most familiar faces in the country, firstly as a foreign correspondent for ITN, and later as co-presenter of ITV’s News at Ten. Sandy’s wife, Eleanor, pre-deceased him in 2018, meaning their children are the beneficiaries of his will, which was drawn up nine years before his death. His son and three daughters will inherit an eye-watering sum from his estate, which was worth £632,749 at the time of his death. Once deductions were made, the sum left for the four siblings was £331,303.

Sandy died at his home in Kent on Sunday, June 29. His family shared the heartbreaking news in a statement. It read: “His was a great life, generously and courageously lived.” He became one of the most familiar faces in the country, firstly as a foreign correspondent for ITN, before becoming co-presenter of News at Ten.

Sandy’s career spanned over 50 years and began in print media at the Aberdeen Press and Journal.

He then joined the Reuters news agency for ten years as a foreign correspondent before joining ITN in 1963, where he soon became a household name.

He went on to co-present News At Ten, beginning in 1970, and made his final appearance on the show in 1991, before returning to work with the company as a special reporter until his retirement in 1992.

His lengthy career as a correspondent and broadcaster took him all over the world to cover some of the biggest historical events of the 20th century. One of his first assignments with ITN was in Dallas, Texas, just hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Sandy Gall was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth for his work (Image: Getty)

Over the years, he covered significant world events, including the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War and America’s civil rights movement, where he interviewed Martin Luther King in 1965.

He was also one of the few journalists to remain in Vietnam after the victory of the North Vietnamese to cover the fall of Saigon in 1975.

He became the founder and chairman of Sandy Gall’s Afghanistan Appeal, a charity for disabled Afghans that ran for nearly 40 years, where he focused on treating Afghans with war-related casualties.

Gall was awarded a CBE in 1987 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2011.