Book of Condolence. The messages will be shared with Tony's family and friends.They wrote: "You all know him as 'the guy off the news' - but we know him as our dad."He was always so proud to be an adopted northerner."What you saw on TV every evening was exactly who he was - authentic and honest in everything he did, relentlessly funny, ferociously intelligent, endlessly kind - he lit up every room he walked into."We know there will be a lot of people in the North West who are going to miss him - so we know we are not going through this alone."Lucy Meacock, Tony's co-presenter during his 17 years with Granada Reports, told ITV: "He was without doubt one of the most humble, kind and funny people I have ever met, and he would often make me.
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