GMB's Susanna Reid delivers statement as ITV show launches with 'breaking news'

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Good Morning Britain opened on Thursday's with 'breaking news' as Susanna Reid solemnly shared a statement. Susanna, aged 53, shared the sad news that John Prescott, the esteemed former Labour Deputy Prime Minister, passed away aged 86, surrounded by his family in his care home after a courageous struggle with Alzheimer's.

The GMB presenter announced: "Breaking news this morning, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Labour veteran, John Prescott, Lord Prescott, has died at the age of 86 at his care home surrounded by his family. "He had been living with Alzheimer's.

In a statement released as we came on air this morning, his family said he'd spent his life fighting for social justice trying to improve the lives of others and protecting the environment." Following the announcement of his passing, his wife Pauline, alongside sons Johnathan and David, paid homage to him, stating that being Hull's representative was "his greatest honour", reports the Mirror.

Speaking of their loss, they expressed: "We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Prescott, passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 86. "He did so surrounded by the love of his family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery." Throughout his lifetime, John endeavoured to uplift others, championing social justice and the conservation of the environment a cause he dedicated himself to from his beginnings as a cruise liner waiter until his tenure as Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister.