Sunderland Echo
12.07.09

Press Release: Immediate

Metric Martyrs Defence Fund
World Famous Actor pays tribute to 'People's Champion' Metric Martyr Steve Thoburn

Veteran actor Edward Fox has penned a moving tribute to Metric Martyr Steve Thoburn for a book in aid of injured soldiers.

The star of films including The Day of the Jackal, A Bridge Too Far and Gandhi, described the late Sunderland greengrocer as a "people's champion" in the Food for Heroes cookbook, which will benefit the charity Help for Heroes.