Richard Whittington (12 February 1948 – 3 January 2011), was a British food writer.
Whittington was born on 12 February 1948, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, to Jeffery and Florence Whittington, the youngest of four children. [1] He attended Essex University for a year, studying American literature, but left to begin a career in journalism. [1]
At the age of 25, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and in his last 20 years he required the use of a wheelchair. [2]
In 1969, he met and married Jane Eckersley. [1] They had a son, and split up in 1972. [1] His second wife, Pippa Steel, died in 1992. [1]
Whittington died on 3 January 2011, aged 62. [3]