PRESENTER RICHARD WHITELEY DIES
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[ June 26th 2005 ]

One of Britain's best-loved television presenters, Richard Whiteley, has died. The host of Channel Four's Countdown had been recovering from pneumonia and was forced to miss recording the upcoming series. According to the BBC, Ms Vorderman's agent, John Miles, confirmed Mr Whiteley had died.

The endearing Richard Whiteley had presented the afternoon quiz show Countdown for twenty three years before becoming ill in May 2005 suffering from pneumonia. Opera diva Lesley Garrett and film critic Barry Norman had been lined up to guest-present the show while Mr Whiteley was recovering.

There has been no comment from Channel 4 at time of press.