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Broadcaster John Stapleton, 78, says he's 'learning to live with' Parkinson's and knows he 'cannot escape it' - but denies revealing his diagnosis in emotional TV interview was 'brave'

he broadcaster, 78, who has presented on programmes including Newsnight, said: 'You can't escape these things as you grow older, these kinds of developments are sort of inevitable'.

The broadcaster, 78, who has presented on programmes including Newsnight, Panorama and GMTV's News Hour, told The Mirror: 'You can't escape these things as you grow older, these kinds of developments are sort of inevitable'. John was asked to join TV-am in 1983 in a bid to improve the programme's news content after he had already worked on Nationwide for the BBC so was already a familiar face with viewers Lynn, who co-presented Watchdog with her husband John, had Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), died April 2020 following a 'massive stroke' at their home at St Margarets in south west London.

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