Former High Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died.
The Leicester-born automobile seller and motoring journalist joined the BBC in 1991, showing alongside Jeremy Clarkson till the unique format was cancelled 10 years later.
He then moved to Channel 5 to current its rival motoring present, Fifth Gear.
The 68-year-old died on Saturday following a brief battle with lung most cancers, his household mentioned.
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In a press release, they described him as a “true national treasure” who “brought the joy of motoring, from combustion to electric, into our living rooms”.
The broadcaster created and introduced each Britain’s Worst Drivers and The Automotive’s The Star.
He went on to carry out on Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, the place he continues to carry the bottom rating within the present’s historical past.
He was additionally an avid “consumer champion”, having advocated for quite a few campaigns, together with serving to to freeze gas responsibility together with his FairFuel marketing campaign.
He just lately labored “tirelessly” to make electrical automobiles inexpensive by means of his FairCharge marketing campaign, his household mentioned.
The assertion continued: “Long before it was fashionable, he championed the GM EV1 and the promise of electric cars, proving he was always ahead of the curve.
“A lot-loved husband to Michaela, devoted father to Mercedes, Max and Mini, and cherished grandfather to Saskia, Xander and Roxana.
“Quentin will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him personally and professionally.
“The void he has left can by no means be stuffed. His information was not simply discovered however lived; a library of expertise now past our attain.”
