Body of missing TV presenter Michael Mosley found

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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ATHENS (AP) — The body of missing British television presenter Michael Mosley was found Sunday morning on a Greek island after a days-long search.

A police spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to an ongoing investigation, said a body had been found on a rocky coast by a private boat and official identification was in progress. Mosley's family confirmed his death on Sunday.

Mosley's wife said in a statement that her husband took the wrong route while hiking and collapsed where his body could not be easily seen. Mosley went missing on the island of Symi on Wednesday afternoon.

“Michael was an adventurous man, that’s part of what made him so special,” said Dr. Clare Bailey Mosley. “It’s devastating to have lost Michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband. We have had an incredibly lucky life together. We loved each other very much and were so happy together.

She thanked the residents of Symi Island who she said worked tirelessly to find him.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 16: Dr. Michael Mosley speaks at ICC Sydney on September 16, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The Institute's Centennial Oration is part of the 14th World Congress on Inflammation. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 16: Dr. Michael Mosley poses for a photo at ICC Sydney on September 16, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The Institute's Centennial Oration is part of the 14th World Congress on Inflammation. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

“Some of these people on the island, who hadn’t even heard of Michael, were working from dawn to dusk without being asked,” she said. “My family and I have been extremely heartened by the outpouring of love from people around the world. It is clear that Michael meant a lot to many of you.

Lefteris Papakalodoukas, the island's mayor, told The Associated Press that he was on the boat with media representatives when they saw a body about 20 meters above Agia Beach. Marina. “We zoomed in with the cameras and saw it was him,” he said.

The mayor said Mosley appeared to have fallen down a steep slope, stopping against a fence and lying face up with some rocks on top.

People sit on the beach of Agios Nikolaos, where British doctor and TV presenter Michael Mosley is believed to have departed from, on the southeast Aegean island of Symi, Greece, on Friday 7 June 2024. Greek police say a major search is underway and rescue operations on the small eastern Aegean island of Symi have still failed to find the doctor and TV presenter British Michael Mosley, reported missing on Wednesday afternoon after apparently going for a walk. (AP Photo/Antonis Mystiloglou)

Mosley, 67, was well known in Britain for his regular appearances on television and radio and for his column in the Daily Mail newspaper. He was known outside the UK for his 2013 book “The Fast Diet”, which he co-wrote with journalist Mimi Spencer. The book proposed the so-called “5:2 diet,” which promised to help people lose weight quickly by minimizing their calorie intake two days a week while eating healthily the other five days.

He then introduced a rapid weight loss program and made a number of films on diet and exercise.

Mosley often pushed his body to extremes to see the effects of his diet and also lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the BBC documentary “Infested!” Living with parasites.

Mosley had four children with his wife Clare Bailey Mosley, who is also a physician, author and health columnist.