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Escape To The Country viewers are in tears as BBC mark his 13 years on the show by airing his last episode and a moving video montage of his best bits following his tragic death from cancer


Viewers were in tears as Escape To The Country paid tribute to show host Jonnie Irwin after his tragic death.

Separately, Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning said in a statement: 'Jonnie Irwin was an extraordinary man and wonderful presenter. 'More recently, he did some truly inspirational reports for Morning Live about his illness, tackling taboos around end of life care, and wonderfully demonstrating the limitless positivity that he brought to everything he did. A Place in The Sun's Jonnie Irwin has tragically lost his battle with lung cancer aged 50, his wife Jessica Holmes announced in a heartbreaking tribute on Friday

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