TV PRESENTER Jeremy Beadle has died after a short battle with pneumonia.
His wife Sue and close friends were at his bedside.
The star, best known for the shows Game For A Laugh, Beadle’s About and You’ve Been Framed, leaves his wife, daughters Cassie and Bonnie, and step children Leo and Claire.
Beadle's agent, Nick Canham of MPC entertainment, said: “Our heartfelt condolences go to his wife Sue, his two daughters, Cassie and Bonnie and his stepchildren Leo and Claire. He will be greatly missed.''
As a stalwart of ITV for many years, Beadle regularly pulled in television audiences in excess of 15 million for Beadle’s About and You’ve Been Framed.
Beadle, 59, was a significant fundraiser for Children with Leukaemia throughout his life and is estimated to have raised more than £100m for charities of all description.
He was awarded an MBE in 2001.
