Re: Countdown Star Dies
 

I think it would be the ultimate tribute if they stopped the show now. He was so intertwined with it that although they could carry on and find a reasonable replacement it would never be the same. He was one of those few people who are irreplaceable.

He died of what seems to be an infection of one of his heart valves following endocarditis. Whether this was as a result of the pneumonia or underlying is unknown. If it was the Aortic valve then this is one of the trickiest operation that a cardiac surgeon performs and carries a high mortality. Conjecture though...