Mick Deane, a 61-year-old father of two children, had worked for Sky for 15 years and was a veteran cameraman who had been based in Washington DC and Jerusalem.
He was part of a Sky News team reporting on the crisis in Cairo with the channel´s Middle East correspondent Sam Kiley when he was shot and wounded.Deane received medical treatment for his injuries, but died shortly afterwards.[break]
None of the other members of the team were injured, Sky said.
The channel´s foreign editor Tim Marshall said: "He was a friend. Our hearts go out to his family.
"He died doing what he´d been doing so brilliantly for decades."
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "saddened" by the news.
John Ryley, head of Sky News, said: "Everyone at Sky News is shocked and saddened by Mick´s death.
"He was a talented and experienced journalist who had worked with Sky News for many years.
Security forces stormed two huge Cairo protest camps occupied for weeks by supporters of Egypt´s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, leaving at least 124 people dead in a crackdown that turned into a bloodbath.
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