50 m. ago BBC Breakfast presenters' heartbreaking tribute to 'properly funny' Strictly star

Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson, who also presented Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, has died at the age of 68 with tributes paid on BBC Breakfast

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56 m. ago BBC Breakfast stars announce sad death of Strictly Come Dancing legend

BBC Breakfast presenters paid tribute to Quentin Willson after the former Top Gear host and Strictly Come Dancing star died at the age of 68.

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14 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Quentin Willson was living out of spotlight before he died

Quentin Willson, who co-hosted Top Gear, has sadly died at the age of 68, after a short illness.

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15 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing record breaker has died after living out of spotlight

Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson has tragically died at the age of 68.

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16 h. ago Top Gear and Fifth Gear star Quentin Willson dies at 68 after battle with lung cancer as family pay tribute to a 'true national treasure'

Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died at the age of 68 following a short battle with lung cancer, his family said.

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16 h. ago Quentin Willson dead: BBC Top Gear presenter dies aged 68 as family pay tribute

A former presenter on BBC's Top Gear and Channel 5's Fifth Gear, has died from lung cancer at the age of 68, his family has confirmed in a sad tribute

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16 h. ago Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies, aged 68, after cancer fight

Willson has been described as “true national treasure”

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16 h. ago Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68 after short battle with lung cancer

The 'national treasure' also presented Fifth Gear

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19 h. ago Footballer, 21, dies as manager says impact felt 'in all of our lives forever'

Tributes have been paid to a star goalkeeper who has tragically died aged just 21 with her club saying she showed "an unshakable spirit that inspired her team-mates and coaches every single day"

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34 h. ago James Watson helped crack DNA's code, sparking medical advances and ethical debates

James Watson, the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA, died on Nov. 6, 2025, at the age of 97

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36 h. ago BREAKING: Discoverer of DNA double helix structure dies aged 97

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39 h. ago Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75

New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, before returning to his home country Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director of Once Were Warriors and Die Another Day, has died aged 75.In a statement to Radio New Zealand, Tamahori’s family said he had Parkinson’s and died “peacefully at home”. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Tom Ford, 64, reveals heartbreaking moment he discovered his husband Richard Buckley had died aged 73 as the designer admits their son is now his only reason for living

The fashion designer, 64, who was in a relationship with Richard for 35 years - and married for nine - until his death in 2021, said the memory of that night still haunts him to this day

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44 h. ago NFL star Marshawn Kneeland's eerie last post prior to 'apparent suicide' aged 24

Dallas Cowboys star Marshawn Kneeland has died at the age of 24, with the defensive lineman's cause of death confirmed as an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound"

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45 h. ago James Bond legend dies after glittering Hollywood career as family pay tribute

Die Another Day director Lee Tamahori has died at home at the age of 75 after battling Parkinson's disease, with his family confirming his passing in a heartfelt statement

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46 h. ago Pauline Collins was actress ‘of phenomenal skill,’ says Tom Conti

The star of Shirley Valentine has died aged 85.

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52 h. ago Marshawn Kneeland's former coach breaks down in tears in press conference hours after his suicide

Marshawn Kneeland, a defensive end with the Cowboys, died by apparent suicide at the age of 24 after being discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday night.

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57 h. ago Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charmPauline Collins was the smart, funny, cherubically sexy female actor in the 1970s who became a recognisable star on both sides of the Atlantic in the smash hit British TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, the Downton Abbey of its day.She played Sarah, the pert-yet-vulnerable parlour maid with a dodgy past, who has a relationship with the handsome chauffeur Thomas, played by Collins’s real-life husband, John Alderton. It was a TV marriage that the public loved and which carried on into spinoff shows Thomas and Sarah and No, Honestly. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Shirley Valentine and Liver Birds actress Pauline Collins dies aged 85

She gained an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1989 Scouse-set drama

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60 h. ago Travel influencer Anunay Sood suddenly dies in Las Vegas at age 32

Travel influencer Anunay Sood has died unexpectedly at the age of 32 while visiting Las Vegas, his devastated family confirmed in a statement on Instagram.

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