Homes Under the Hammer's Tommy Walsh has died following "long illness", aged 69

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British TV has lost a popular figure



TV presenter Tommy Walsh died at the age of 69.

According to reports, his agent confirmed his death in a statement that says: “Tommy died peacefully after a long illness surrounded by his family.

“As this has only just happened, we would ask everyone to please respect the family's privacy.”

Walsh is survived by his wife and three children. Tributes have poured in for the television personality, including from his former football team Old Parmiterians FC.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tommy Walsh,” the football club posted on X.

“A Parmiters boy, he played for the club for many years in goal but made a great career as a TV personality in shows such as Ground Force. He will be sorely missed. RIP Tommy.”

He was a popular figure on television, appearing on shows such as Homes Under the Hammer from 2021 to 2024.

He began to make a name for himself in the late '90s on the gardening show Ground Force from 1997 to 2005 alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock.

Walsh was tasked with hard landscaping in the various gardens he helped to transform, before hosting his own home improvement show from 2002 to 2005 titled Challenge Tommy Walsh.

Most recently, Walsh featured on BBC’s Clean It, Fix It, hosted by Mark Wright, which came to an end in October.

Walsh was diagnosed with throat cancer back in 2022, and though he made a full recovery, doctors confirmed he had lung cancer just two years later, which he was overcoming.

Explaining his ordeal, he told The Mirror in 2024: "My cancer came back earlier this year, they found it again under the lung.

"It is now not anywhere else. It is going away. Because it is shrinking it will shrink down to nothing and disappear. I will then just have to have annual checks. It has worked for me really well."

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