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The broadcaster Alan Whicker has died at the age of 87 after suffering from bronchial pneumonia.
The presenter and reporter - whose career spanned almost 60 years - passed away in the early hours of Friday, his spokeswoman said.
Whicker, who was probably best known for his Whicker's World TV series, died at home in Jersey.
He was born in Cairo, Egypt, but moved to England as a young child on the death of his father.
He was commissioned as an officer in the Devonshire Regiment during the Second World War, serving as a captain.
After the war he became a journalist and broadcaster, acting as a newspaper correspondent in the Korean War, during which he was mistakenly reported as having been killed.
He joined the BBC in 1957 and was a reporter for the Tonight programme.
Soon after that he began his Whicker's World series, which over the years consistently claimed a place in the top 10 ratings. He was also instrumental in the launch of Yorkshire Television.
Whicker was noted for probing the private worlds of the rich and famous on cruise ships, the Orient Express, at cocktail parties, on world tours, in health spas and gentlemen's clubs.
He was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year Honours list for services to broadcasting. He had lived in Jersey and is survived by his long-standing partner Valerie Kleeman
The presenter and reporter - whose career spanned almost 60 years - passed away in the early hours of Friday, his spokeswoman said.
Whicker, who was probably best known for his Whicker's World TV series, died at home in Jersey.
He was born in Cairo, Egypt, but moved to England as a young child on the death of his father.
He was commissioned as an officer in the Devonshire Regiment during the Second World War, serving as a captain.
After the war he became a journalist and broadcaster, acting as a newspaper correspondent in the Korean War, during which he was mistakenly reported as having been killed.
He joined the BBC in 1957 and was a reporter for the Tonight programme.
Soon after that he began his Whicker's World series, which over the years consistently claimed a place in the top 10 ratings. He was also instrumental in the launch of Yorkshire Television.
Whicker was noted for probing the private worlds of the rich and famous on cruise ships, the Orient Express, at cocktail parties, on world tours, in health spas and gentlemen's clubs.
He was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year Honours list for services to broadcasting. He had lived in Jersey and is survived by his long-standing partner Valerie Kleeman
