caption death_date death_place birth_place family relatives credits birth_date spouse image article_title education name occupation
norris in the world -lrb- 1977 -rrb- mcwhirter holding a copy of the largest diamond 19 april 2004 kington langley , wiltshire , england winchmore hill , london , england william mcwhirter , father ; margaret williamson , mother ross mcwhirter the association for freedom , record breakers guinness world records , co-founder of the national 12 august 1925 carole -rrb- tessa von weichardt -lrb- 1990 -- 2004 , his eckert death -rrb- -lrb- 1957 -- 1987 , her death norris mcwhirter -lrb- 1977 -rrb- . jpg norris mcwhirter
 marlborough college trinity college , oxford norris dewar mcwhirter writer , political activist , television presenter
norris mcwhirter

norris dewar mcwhirter , cbe -lrb- 12 august 192519 april 2004 -rrb- was a british writer , political activist , co-founder of the freedom association , and a television presenter .
he and his twin brother , ross , were known internationally for the founding of `` guinness world records '' , a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975 .
after ross 's assassination by the provisional irish republican army -lrb- ira -rrb- , norris carried on alone as editor .
