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Eamonn Holmes feels like he's on 'borrowed time': He is living alone in a flat near a busy roundabout while ex Ruth remains in their £3m mansion, KATIE HIND exclusively reveals

Eamonn, 64, looked a shell of a man - a far cry from his heyday on ITV 's morning programmes, when he would entertain millions on the GMTV sofa alongside Fiona Phillips and Anthea Turner.

So when some of the biggest names in the business gathered en masse this week for a prestigious industry awards ceremony, it's little wonder that there were whispers of surprise — and even gasps of shock — at the sight of a frail and pallid-looking Eamonn Holmes sitting in a wheelchair. Eamonn, 64, looked a shell of a man — a far cry from his jovial heyday on ITV's morning programmes, when he would entertain millions on the GMTV breakfast sofa alongside Fiona Phillips and Anthea Turner. Usually a larger-than-life character who revels in chatting to journalists and making general mischief, Eamonn instead was snuck quietly into Mayfair's Grosvenor House Hotel for the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) awards, where he could be seen at his table nibbling on a fillet beef lunch.

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