Mark Speight has been remembered fondly on the 13th anniversary of his death this week.The CBBC star died by suicide on April 7, 2008 at the age of 42, just three months after the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins.
Kirsten O’Brien, who famously presented SMart alongside Speight for many years, shared a tweet on Wednesday paying tribute to her late friend. ‘Off to bed but just thinking about my mate Mark Speight who we lost 13 years ago today, still the funniest person I have ever had the joy of knowing,’ she tweeted.
Love Island host Iain Stirling said: ‘Mark was one of the many reason [sic] I was so excited when I first started working at CBBC.
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