Bamber Gascoigne dead aged 87 – University Challenge host dies at home after short illness

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Naman Ramachandran Bamber Gascoigne, who was the original presenter of popular TV quiz show “University Challenge,” has died after a brief illness. He was 87.Gascoigne presented the show, which aired on U.K. broadcaster ITV, from 1962-1987.

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Monty Don has taken to Twitter to share his heartbreak over the death of University Challenge host, Bamber Gasoigne.The Adriatic Garden's host, 66, paid tribute to the quizmaster following the news that he had died after a short illness, aged 87.In view of his 248,300 followers, Monty not only paid tribute to the TV host, but revealed a surprising link between them.The horticulturalist wrote: "Sorry to hear the death of Bamber Gasgoine - for my generation an iconic TV figure."I sat next to him at dinner once - we were taught by the same wonderful man, Arthur Sale, at university - and he was charming," he finished his post.Both Monty and Bamber studied at Magdalene College at Cambridge University.Following Monty's tweet, his fans took to the comments section to share their own memories of the TV host.Julia Stocks wrote: "When we were kids my sister used to call him Bambi Gaspoing!"Seriously though his passing is sad news.

Bamber Gascoigne, the first University Challenge host who became one of the UK’s most beloved TV quiz presenters, has died aged 87, his representatives confirmed to the BBC. Gascoigne died at his home in Richmond, London after a short illness and is survived by his wife Christina, who he was married to for more than 50 years.

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James McAvoy reckons he's an "honorary Philadelphian" after announcing he has secretly got married for a second time.

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Peter Andre and his wife Emily posed for a loved up snap during a day out together after ex Katie Price's savage attack.The singer and the NHS doctor beamed at the camera as they wrapped up warm for the Instagram selfie.The 48-year-old popstar opted for a black winter hat as Emily looked chic in a grey hat with a fur pom pom on top.The couple showed unity after Peter's ex-wife Katie suddenly attacked his new wife.In an Instagram rant the former glamour model slammed the doctor as "disgusting" and made several shocking accusations about her.The 43-year-old claimed Emily stopped Katie and Peter's 14-year-old daughter Princess from visiting her in rehab.The celeb couple also share a son Junior together.Emily and Peter married in 2015 but are due to celebrate their 10th anniversary of being together in July as Katie called the step-mum "a disgusting person".The couple have ignored the comments as they prepare to celebrate Peter's 49th birthday later this month.Emily has revealed she wants to host a life drawing class at home for the Mysterious Girl singer who loves art after getting the idea from doing arts and crafts with their children.The pair have two children together Amelia, eight, and Theo, five.Writing in her OK! column, Emily penned: "This sounds hilarious, but it made me realise how therapeutic I find it and it has made me want to look into going to some art classes."I’ve always thought it would be great to do a life-drawing class with Pete as he also finds drawing really relaxing."She continued: "We tease him about it but he will sit down and colour with the kids and then they will get up and walk off and he’ll still be there hours later."I might buy him a life-drawing class for his birthday this month – we just

the Guardian newspaper whether he now saw himself as a honorary Philadelphian, he immediately agreed: "Yeah - it's like a second home for me."The first clues to his new romance came shortly after his divorce was finalised with Anne-Marie.He appeared to celebrate moving on with his life by going Instagram official with Lisa for the first time, both donning Halloween night costume wigs - his dark purple and Lisa's a peachy red.James met his previous wife almost two decades ago in 2003, when the pair were due to appear together in Shameless.Ironically, Anne-Marie wasn't keen on auditioning for the TV show at all in the beginning, but when her mother saw the script, she vociferously encouraged her.Her fateful decision to take on the role of Fiona led to her meeting James, who played her love interest, Steve.Then, fiction became reality as the chemistry between the pair also buzzed off-set.Three years after their first meeting, they married, and by 2010, had welcomed a son, Brendan.They pledged not to talk about their relationship publicly, whether at red carpet events or in interviews, seemingly hoping to keep their union sacred and safe from prying eyes.It seemed to be a winning formula for over a decade, until they finally announced their divorce in 2016.The joint statement released by the former couple read: "It is with tremendous sadness that we have come to the decision to divorce."We enter this next phase with continued friendship, love and respect for one another and the shared focus of caring for our son.”James remained tight-lipped following the split, only veering off-course to insist that he and Anne-Marie have remained amicable with each other and were committed to co-parenting their son.However, in 2018,

PETER Andre and his wife Emily looked ridiculously loved-up as they posed together on a day out. The 48-year-old singer and the NHS doctor looked stronger than ever in a new selfie, which he simply captioned with a love heart.

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