{"id":280286,"date":"2025-09-21T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/tributes-paid-to-broadcaster-john-stapleton-who-has-died-aged-79-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:05:11","slug":"tributes-paid-to-broadcaster-john-stapleton-who-has-died-aged-79-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/tributes-paid-to-broadcaster-john-stapleton-who-has-died-aged-79-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes paid to Broadcaster John Stapleton, who has died aged 79\u00a0| ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/N3ggzyotoNw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Tributes paid to Broadcaster John Stapleton, who has died aged 79\u00a0| ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3ggzyotoNw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tributes have flooded in for the &#8216;giant of broadcasting&#8217; John Stapleton, who was a fixture on both ITV and BBC throughout his five-decade-long career, after he died in hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 79.<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton, who presented on programmes including the BBC\u2019s Watchdog and GMTV\u2019s News Hour, revealed his Parkinson\u2019s\u00a0diagnosis in October 2024 &#8211; and today his agent Jackie Gill, said that the disease was &#8216;complicated by pneumonia&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/\u00a0<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/\u00a0<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes have flooded in for the &#8216;giant of broadcasting&#8217; John Stapleton, who was a fixture on both ITV and BBC throughout his five-decade-long career, after he died in hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 79. 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