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One of the UK’s most beloved TV quiz presenters and author Bamber Gascoigne has died at the age of 87 following a short illness.
A statement by the opera said Gascoigne, best known as the original host of BBC’s University Challenge, died at his home in Richmond, the Grange Park Opera.

The 87-year-old famous host had been married to his wife Christina, a potter, for five years.
Gascoigne became a household name, presenting the show for 25 years as part of the everyday British lexicon.

He was famously parodied by Griff Rhys-Jones in alternative BBC two comedy “The Young Ones’’ in an episode entitled Bambi.
Upon leaving University Challenge, which has been hosted by Jeremy Paxman on the BBC since 1994, Gascoigne wrote several successful books, produced documentaries, and established an online history encyclopedia called History World.

In 2014, he inherited an estate in Surrey from his aunt and it is now used as the filming location for the hit BBC One comedy Ghosts.

A 19-year-old student, Fadlullah Agboluaje, who recently died in Ukraine, was said to have experienced extreme cold before he passed on.
Rofeeha, Agbolauje’s older sister, had raised the alarm on social media that her family was informed that he was found dead in his room hours after he arrived at the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine.

 In a series of tweets shared by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Tuesday, the Chairman/CEO Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa paid a condolence visit to the family of Agboluaje.
It tweeted: “Recall: FADLULLAH AGBOLUAJE arrived in Ukraine on the 8th of Jan and was reported dead.

“A day after He was said to have died from extreme cold in Ukraine, in his Hostel room, according to the autopsy done on his body in Ukraine
“The visit was filled with so many emotions & grief from the Agboluaje’s family who blamed the school for negligence on the part of the liaison officer.

“Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa was filled with compassion for the Agboluaje informed the family of the immediate intervention of the Nigerian Amb in Ukraine, Amb Fatai Alege, who with the consent of the father demanded an autopsy.”