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Co-Presenters Pay Tribute To British TV Presenter Jonnie Irwin, Following His Death Aged 50


Jonnie Irwin’s co-presenters have paid tribute to the popular British TV frontman following his death aged 50, announced Friday. Irwin, who fronted property shows Escape to the Country on the BBC a…

Irwin, who fronted property shows Escape to the Country on the BBC and A Place in the Sun on Channel 4, had previously revealed his cancer diagnosis in 2022, sharing his knowledge that it was a terminal condition. His longtime co-presenter of A Place in the Sun, Jasmine Harman, recalled on social media Irwin’s “incredible ability to connect with people.” She wrote: “I have never admired you more than over the last few years as you’ve faced life with cancer with positivity, determination and bloody mindedness. Irwin began presenting BBC’s Escape to the Country in 2010, and co-presenter Nicki Chapman wrote that she was “heartbroken,” and Sonali Shah said she felt “so lucky to have known Jonnie”.

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