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02 Feb 2026

RIP: Longford mourns death of legendary magician, newspaper editor and hypnotherapist Derek Cobbe

Late Derek G Cobbe: His ‘Uncle Larry column provided a weekly, magical rainbow for hundreds of Longford children’

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Caption: Dr Victorine May Yorke-Pettit (1899 - 1987), Keon's Terrace, Longford town was the first recipient of the Longford Person of the Year award (1980) and she is pictured with Derek Cobbe, then editor of the Longford News

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