Tributes have been paid to a popular and "flamboyant" ex-councillor who has died at the age of 79. Adrian Morris was a Labour councillor for Brighton's Queen’s Park ward between 2015 and 2019. Colleagues and friends have shared memories and words about Adrian, who leaves a lasting legacy.
Councillor Jackie O’Quinn, former mayor and Goldsmid Labour councillor, met Adrian when they both joined the Labour Party administration at the same time. Cllr O’Quinn said: “He was very devoted to the party and his cause and then he was elected in 2015 which was the same time I got elected. “That was when I got to know him.
He had such a colourful character. Adrian with former mayors Lizzie Dean and Jackie O'Quinn at Pride in 2017 (Image: Jackie O'Quinn) “He was a man of great integrity. He was always very polite, such a gentleman to everybody.
“He was a good soul and he really cared about Brighton .” Adrian was in a “devoted” relationship with the famed theatre critic and former Argus reporter Jack Tinker, who died in 1996. The couple lived in North Laine.
Cllr O’Quinn said: “He would regale us with stories about Jack Tinker, his partner. “They had met just about everybody in the showbiz world, he even had stories about people like Elton John.” Adrian’s “flamboyant character” was always a notable presence at Pride events , which he attended with Cllr O’Quinn and the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Authority, of which he was a member.
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