Former “Top Gear” presenter Sue Baker has died at age 67.
Baker, who had motor neurone disease (Mnd), appeared on the hit motoring show from 1980 to 1991, starring in an impressive 113 episodes.
A statement issued by Baker’s family on Monday read: “It is with great sadness that we share the news of Sue’s passing. A doting mother to Ian and Hannah, a loving grandmother to Tom and George, and a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy. She passed at home this morning with family around her,” the BBC reported.
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The message added, “She was a talented and prolific writer, a charismatic TV presenter, and a passionate animal lover. She had a life and career that many would envy, but did it all with such grace that she was admired and respected by all who knew her. We know she meant so much to so many.
Baker, who had motor neurone disease (Mnd), appeared on the hit motoring show from 1980 to 1991, starring in an impressive 113 episodes.
A statement issued by Baker’s family on Monday read: “It is with great sadness that we share the news of Sue’s passing. A doting mother to Ian and Hannah, a loving grandmother to Tom and George, and a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy. She passed at home this morning with family around her,” the BBC reported.
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The message added, “She was a talented and prolific writer, a charismatic TV presenter, and a passionate animal lover. She had a life and career that many would envy, but did it all with such grace that she was admired and respected by all who knew her. We know she meant so much to so many.
- 11/15/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Former Top Gear presenter Sue Baker has died aged 67 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Baker’s family confirmed the news of her death in a statement issued on Monday (14 November).
“It is with very great sadness that we share the news of Sue’s passing,” the statement said.
“A doting mother to Ian and Hannah, a loving grandmother to Tom and George, a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy.”
Baker died on Monday morning (14 November) with “family around her”.
Baker’s family went on to describe her as a “talented and prolific writer, a charismatic presenter, and a passionate animal lover” who was “admired and respected by all who knew her”.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported her over the last few years as she battled with Mnd [motor neurone disease],” they said.
Motor neurone disease is a condition that progressively affects parts of the nervous system, including the brain.
Baker was...
Baker’s family confirmed the news of her death in a statement issued on Monday (14 November).
“It is with very great sadness that we share the news of Sue’s passing,” the statement said.
“A doting mother to Ian and Hannah, a loving grandmother to Tom and George, a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy.”
Baker died on Monday morning (14 November) with “family around her”.
Baker’s family went on to describe her as a “talented and prolific writer, a charismatic presenter, and a passionate animal lover” who was “admired and respected by all who knew her”.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported her over the last few years as she battled with Mnd [motor neurone disease],” they said.
Motor neurone disease is a condition that progressively affects parts of the nervous system, including the brain.
Baker was...
- 11/15/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
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- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
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It's only eight years since the Sun's front page screamed, "Bonkers Bruno locked up", after the former boxer Frank Bruno suffered a breakdown and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. On Thursday the tone reserved for reporting Zeta-Jones's illness was very different: "Bipolar Zeta in clinic five days – star's depression after Michael's cancer fight," said a much more muted Sun.
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Washington, July 15 – Photographs of the Beatles taken by a devoted fan who regularly visited their homes in the mid-1960s are set to be auctioned at Cameo Auctioneers in Reading, England, on August 3.
Sue Baker was a teenager when she used to visit the Beatles between 1965 and 1967.
The 59-year-old grandmother said that John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were always willing to pose for pictures.
“They would always answer the doors and speak with us. I remember John saying that if it weren’t for people like me he wouldn’t live in such a nice house,”.
Sue Baker was a teenager when she used to visit the Beatles between 1965 and 1967.
The 59-year-old grandmother said that John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were always willing to pose for pictures.
“They would always answer the doors and speak with us. I remember John saying that if it weren’t for people like me he wouldn’t live in such a nice house,”.
- 7/15/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Christopher Nolan'S Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight made over a billion dollars at the global box office and was viewed by many as a high point of moviemaking, within the superhero genre and beyond it.
But a new report says the film was a low point for the film industry in its depiction of mental illness.
Screening Madness, a report by psychiatrist and film expert Dr Peter Byrne for anti-discrimination campaign Time to Change, says characters with mental health problems are being depicted on the big screen as more demonic and cruel than at any time in film history.
Dr Byrne said The Dark Knight's violence and humour was based almost entirely on a misunderstanding of schizophrenia.
He said: "Batman describes the Joker as a schizophrenic clown, and when the film's second hero Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face (pictured below right) and embraces evil, the familiar stereotype of schizophrenia is activated.
But a new report says the film was a low point for the film industry in its depiction of mental illness.
Screening Madness, a report by psychiatrist and film expert Dr Peter Byrne for anti-discrimination campaign Time to Change, says characters with mental health problems are being depicted on the big screen as more demonic and cruel than at any time in film history.
Dr Byrne said The Dark Knight's violence and humour was based almost entirely on a misunderstanding of schizophrenia.
He said: "Batman describes the Joker as a schizophrenic clown, and when the film's second hero Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face (pictured below right) and embraces evil, the familiar stereotype of schizophrenia is activated.
- 8/25/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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