TV presenter Jeremy Beadle has died after a short battle with pneumonia, his agent said today.
TV presenter Jeremy Beadle has died after a short battle with pneumonia, his agent said today.
His wife Sue and close friends were at his bedside.
The star, 59, was best known for the shows Beadle's About and You've Been Framed.
He leaves his wife, daughters Cassie and Bonnie, and step children Leo and Claire.
The presenter, writer and producer was born in London and become famous as one of the presenters of ITV's Game for a Laugh (along with Matthew Kelly, Henry Kelly and Sarah Kennedy).
This was followed by a candid-camera style show, Beadle's About (1987-1996) and from 1990 he wrote and presented You've Been Framed!
Beadle was one of the first TV presenters with a visible disability, which manifested as a disproportionately small right hand.
In 2004 he developed cancer of the kidney and in April 2005 he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
