Loose Women pay emotional tribute to Ian Royce and send love to warm-up comedian's family

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Loose Women paid a touching tribute to the ITV show's former warm-up comedian Ian Royce. Ian tragically died aged 51 from "severe pneumonia and multiple organ failure" earlier this week.

A statement on his Twitter page, written by his daughter Roxanne, told that he was surrounded by loved ones when he died. Ant and Dec were among the many celebrities to pay tribute to the late star.

Addressing his death on Loose Women, panelist Andrea McLean said: "We would like to send our very best wishes to the family of Ian Royce, who sadly passed away yesterday. "Roycey was our warm-up man here on Loose Women a few years ago, he was part of the family behind the scenes at ITV - he did warm-up for many of the prime time shows. "You at home may have