TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan has died, a twelvemonth aft helium revealed helium had been diagnosed with signifier 4 prostate cancer.
The erstwhile BBC, ITV and Sky News writer was 68.
A fixture connected British TV quality crossed 5 decades, helium presented flagship programmes including the ITV Evening News and the BBC News astatine Six and Ten.
Murnaghan was a main presenter of BBC Breakfast from September 2002 to December 2007 and besides hosted quiz amusement Eggheads.
He revealed helium had been diagnosed with signifier 4 prostate crab past summer, stating helium was "responding positively" to attraction and was "feeling well".
He was an outspoken advocator for men to get tested for prostate cancer.
"Needless to accidental my connection to each men implicit 50, successful precocious hazard groups, oregon displaying symptoms, is get yourself tested and run for regular prostate screening by the NHS," helium said.
"Early detection is crucial. And beryllium aware, this illness tin sometimes advancement rapidly without evident symptoms."
Murnaghan started his vocation astatine Channel 4 News earlier fronting ITV shows including The Big Story and the News astatine 10 from 1993 to 1997, and the channel's Evening News and Nightly News from 1999 to 2001.
He moved to the BBC successful 2002, arsenic 1 of the main hosts of BBC Breakfast, the Six O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News.
He presented Eggheads for 11 years from 2003, and was 1 of the faces of Sky News from 2007 to 2023.
Murnaghan besides hosted the documentaries Crimes That Shook Britain for Channel 5 and Killer Britain for the Crime + Investigation UK channel.
He aboriginal launched his podcast Legends of News, speaking to different seasoned journalists and correspondents astir large stories they had covered.
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