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Alan Yentob Dead: Arts Figures Pay Tribute To Influential BBC Arts Producer Following Death Aged 78
The veteran producer and presenter was a longtime champion of arts and culture in the UK.
Yentob’s wife Philippa Walker paid tribute to her husband, calling him “curious, funny, annoying, late and creative in every cell of his body” and added that he was “the kindest of men.” Jeremy Clarkson, who Yentob had to sack from Top Gear following the presenter’s altercation with a producer on the set of the hit motoring show, remembered his colleague, saying on X: Piers Morgan remembered him, writing: “RIP Alan Yentob, a giant of British television, a superb interviewer, and a great character – always brimming with charm, intelligence and mischief.”
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