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Miriam Burrell

Doctor watched Jeremy Paxman on TV and realised he had Parkinson’s

Jeremy Paxman will be stepping down from presenting University Challenge

(Picture: Livewire Pictures Limited/ITV)

A doctor had been watching Jeremy Paxman host University Challenge and thought he had Parkinson’s disease before the presenter visited hospital and received his diagnosis, the 72-year-old has revealed.

The veteran broadcaster will be stepping down after almost three decades of hosting University Challenge after learning he had the neurological disease.

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