Former BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull has died, his family has said. Mr Turnbull, who for 15 years woke up the nation as a presenter on the BBC Breakfast sofa, has died aged 66.
Across a four-decade career, he presented from the front line of British and foreign politics, as well as hosting an array of lighter gameshows and religious programmes. Mr Turnbull started his broadcasting career at Scotland’s Radio Clyde in 1978.
He joined the BBC as a reporter for the Today programme in 1986 before becoming a correspondent for BBC’s Breakfast Time two years later. A spokesperson on behalf of the family said: “Following a challenging and committed fight against prostate cancer, Bill passed away peacefully at his home in Suffolk surrounded by his family on Wednesday, 31 August.
