Top Gear presenter Sue Baker has died aged 67 after suffering from motor neurone disease (MND), her family has confirmed. Check out wiki here
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Sue presented over 100 episodes of Top Gear during her tenure with the BBC motoring show, before stepping down in 1991 to focus on her journalism career.
The BBC went on to cancel Top Gear in 2001, though rebooted it a year later, this time with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe at the helm, with James May joining a year later.
Since then, it’s gone through several iterations, with Paddy McGuinness, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Harris making up its current presenting team.
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Baker was one of the original presenters of Top Gear, joining the series in 1980. She appeared on more than 100 episodes of the popular programme until 1991.
She appeared in 22 series of the show from 1980, with her role eventually supplanted by motormouth Jeremy Clarkson.
As per The Guardian, Baker set up and ran the Motor Racing News Service, based at the Kent motor racing track Brands Hatch. She also worked for Saga Magazine, and as a freelance writer.
The original series of Top Gear aired on BBC Two between 1997 and 2001 and focussed on a range of motoring topics.
The show was initially hosted by Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne, but also saw a number of presenters and reporters front the show’s half-hourly slots, including the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Noel Edmonds, and Tiff Needell.
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Former Top Gear presenter Sue Baker has died at the age of 67 after a battle with motor neurone disease.
The family of the journalist confirmed the sad news in a statement on Monday. It read: “It is with very 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, a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy.
“She passed at home this morning with family around her.”
They went on to describe her as a “talented and prolific writer, a charismatic TV presenter, and a passionate animal lover”.
Speaking of her life and career, they added: “[She] 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.
Following the news of her passing, tributes poured in on social media. The Guild of Motoring Writers took to Twitter to share their sadness, writing: “We are deeply saddened to learn our vice-president and former chair, @carscribe Sue Baker, passed away this morning following a long illness. Sue was a pioneer for women in automotive journalism and a former presenter of @BBC_TopGear.”
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Sue Baker, one of the early Top Gear presenters, has died aged 75 after a battle with motor neurone disease – with wellwishers paying tribute to her for ‘blazing a trail’ for women in the world of racing.
Baker, who joined the BBC series in 1980 when it was in its old format, died on Monday surrounded by her family, her spokesman said.
Her spokesman said Baker, a mother of two with two grandchildren, ‘died at home with family around her’ and described her as a ‘talented and prolific writer, a charismatic TV presenter and a passionate animal lover’.
Meanwhile, a family statement 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 as she passed at home this morning with family around her.
‘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. Thank you to everyone who has supported her over the last few years as she battled with MND.’
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