Agency Report
British TV presenter and author Bamber Gascoigne has died at the age of 87 following a short illness.
A statement by the opera said Gascoigne, best known as the original host of BBC’s University Challenge, died at his home in Richmond, the Grange Park Opera.
The 87-year-old famous host had been married to his wife Christina, a potter, for five years.
Gascoigne became a household name, presenting the show for 25 years as part of the everyday British lexicon.
