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Daily Mirror
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Lucy Domachowski

Jeremy Paxman's health battle as University Challenge host stands down after 28 years

Jeremy Paxman has been the face of the BBC’s University Challenge for 28 years.

But today the presenter was announced to be stepping down from the role he’s held since 1994 just over a year after he revealed he had been diagnosed with an incurable disease which will slowly affect his brain and motion.

At the time, Jeremy, 72, told how he aimed to continue working on the BBC quiz show alongside his Parkinson’s diagnosis.

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