Death
On 25 January 2008, it was reported that Beadle had been admitted to The London Hospital and was subsequently placed in a critical care unit due to severe pneumonia. He died on 30 January 2008, aged 59. On 2 February 2008 ITV1 dedicated that day's episode of You've Been Framed to Beadle and promoted a tribute webpage to him over the show's credits. ITV1's official tribute to Jeremy Beadle was broadcast on 4 February 2008 where various celebrity friends including Lord Sugar paid tribute. He was cremated at Marylebone Crematorium on 14 February 2008 and interred in Highgate Cemetery (his headstone bears the inscription "Writer, Presenter, Curator of Oddities"). A further tribute was aired on Friday 16 May, An Audience Without Jeremy Beadle, hosted by Chris Tarrant and with contributions from Alan Sugar, Henry Kelly, Ken Campbell, Anneka Rice and others.
Beadle's obituary in The Daily Telegraph claimed that he "was the most avidly watched presenter on television". On 15 August 2010 he was the subject of an ITV documentary, The Unforgettable Jeremy Beadle.
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