Eamonn McCabe, one of the most celebrated and admired newspaper photographers and picture editors of his era, has died aged 74. McCabe was a multi-award-winning athletics photographer at the Observer from 1976 and later on grew to become a trailblazing image editor of the Guardian at a essential second in its heritage. His third act was as a portrait photographer, with 29 illustrations of his get the job done in the collection of the Nationwide Portrait Gallery. McCabe’s death at his residence in Suffolk on Sunday was sudden and surprising. His wife, Rebecca Smithers, a previous Guardian journalist, stated McCabe was a form, modest and encouraging character. “He was very…