A boat spotted the body lying on a rocky coast, about 20 meters above the beach of Agia Marina
Mourning in the world of UK TV. He died at 67 years old Michael Mosleyscience journalist, producer and television presenter of BBC. The body was found this morning on the Greek island of Symi. This was reported by a police spokesperson, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, adding that the body was found on a rocky shoreline by a boat. Formal identification is awaited. Mosley leaves behind four children and his wife Clare Bailey.
Mosley disappeared Wednesday afternoon after going for a walk. Lefteris Papakalodoukasmayor of the island, reported to theAssociated Press who, while on a boat with media representatives, saw a body about 20 meters above the beach of Agia Marina. “We zoomed in with the cameras and saw that it was him.”, he precised. The mayor added that the man he appeared to have fallen down a steep slope, coming to rest against a fence. According to what was reported by an Ert TV cameraman, who was on the same boat, the man had a leather bag with him
The man is known in the United Kingdom for his participation in television and radio, for his column in the Daily Mail newspaper, some collaborations with the BBC and for his 2013 book “The Fast Diet”, of which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer. The book proposed the so-called “5:2 diet”, which promised to help people lose weight quickly by minimizing calorie intake two days a week and eating healthily the other five. Mosley often pushed his body to extreme measures to see the effects of her diet and even lived with tapeworms in his bowels for six weeks for the documentary BBC “Infested! Living With Parasites”.
