Bill Turnbull “lived by high standards” and “encouraged those who worked with him to do the same”, his former BBC Breakfast copresenter Louise Minchin stated.
Minchin stated Turnbull had made her snort day by day “without fail” together with his “wicked, naughty sense of humour” which she described as “infectious”.
The broadcaster died “peacefully” at residence in Suffolk on Wednesday, age 66, after a “challenging and committed fight against prostate cancer”, his household stated.
He had been identified with the illness in November 2017.
Turnbull, who appeared on BBC Breakfast from 2001 till 2016, revealed the prognosis in March 2018 and detailed his therapy in a Channel 4 documentary referred to as Staying Alive.
He was remembered because the “kindest, funniest, most generous man” by former colleagues, following the information.
Current BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty paid an emotional tribute to him after his demise was introduced reside on air on Thursday morning.
The broadcaster (far left) died ‘peacefully’ at residence in Suffolk on Wednesday, age 66 (BBC/PA)
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Writing in The Sun newspaper, Minchin, who offered the present with Turnbull for a number of years, stated she had spent “many happy hours” sitting beside him on the well-known couch.
“Every day we did that, without fail, he made me laugh,” she wrote.
“He had a wicked, naughty sense of humour which was infectious, and the audience and the programme team loved him for it.
“As well as being great fun, he was a talented, insightful and rigorous journalist with a sharp eye for detail.
Bill Turnbull (Pete Dadds/Channel 4)
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“Sitting beside him on those early mornings, I always felt I was in safe hands, and I know the viewers did, too.
“He lived by high standards and expected and encouraged those of us who worked with him to do the same.”
Minchin added that Turnbull had been beneficiant together with his time “both inside and outside work” and that his “wise words” had been appreciated by all.
During the emotional announcement of his demise, Stayt and Munchetty remembered their predecessor on the BBC One present as “our friend and former colleague” and an “amazing” journalist with a “wise head”.
Addressing viewers on the finish of the present, Stayt stated: “He didn’t take himself too seriously when he sat here, which is a great combination.”
Munchetty added: “Of course all of us here are sending love and support to Bill’s family, to Sesi his wife, and I think today after we get over the shock of this, we will start remembering the really funny things that Bill did.”
Other distinguished BBC presenters and journalists together with Nick Robinson, Mishal Husain, Susanna Reid and Dan Walker all shared their very own tributes to Turnbull on-line.
Turnbull’s household praised the therapy he acquired on the Royal Marsden and Ipswich hospitals, St Elizabeth Hospice and from his GP.
They added: “He was resolutely constructive and was massively buoyed by the help he acquired from pals, colleagues, and messages from folks wishing him luck. It was an awesome consolation to Bill that so many extra males at the moment are testing earlier for this illness.
“Bill will likely be remembered by many as a outstanding broadcaster who introduced heat and humour into folks’s houses on BBC Breakfast and Classic FM.
Turnbull began his broadcast profession at Radio Clyde in Scotland in 1978, becoming a member of the BBC as a reporter for the Today programme in 1986 earlier than changing into a reporter for BBC’s Breakfast Time two years later.
Bill Turnbull presents on stage with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra throughout Classic FM’s twenty fifth birthday live performance on the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in 2017 (Matt Crossick/PA)
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In 1990, Turnbull turned a correspondent for BBC News and reported from greater than 30 international locations, with notable tales he coated together with the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the OJ Simpson trial.
After shifting again to the UK, he turned one of many foremost presenters on BBC News 24, because it was then referred to as.
Turnbull additionally labored for BBC Radio 5 Live, together with presenting Weekend Breakfast.
He joined BBC Breakfast in 2001 as a presenter alongside Sian Williams and so they labored collectively till 2012 when she departed after the programme moved from London to Salford.
He made quite a few tv appearances exterior of BBC Breakfast, together with because the presenter on BBC One’s Songs Of Praise.
Other TV appearances included on Strictly Come Dancing, ITV’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Through The Keyhole; the BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind, Would I Lie To You?, Pointless Celebrities and Room 101, and he additionally featured in dictionary nook on Channel 4′s Countdown.
In 2011 he performed himself within the Doctor Who episode The Wedding Of River Song.
He is survived by his spouse Sesi, who he married in March 1988, and their three youngsters.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk
