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Long-time broadcaster Edward Stourton who presented BBC Radio 4 dies aged 68

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20 July 2026

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Edward Stourton was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 (Picture: Mike Lawn)

Veteran broadcaster Edward Stourton has died at the age of 68 after living with incurable prostate cancer.

The acclaimed journalist, whose career spanned more than four decades, died on Saturday surrounded by his family, the BBC confirmed.

Stourton – who spent 10 years presenting Radio 4’s Today programme – revealed in his 2023 memoir Confessions that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2014.

After initially undergoing treatment, he was later told that the disease had spread and become incurable. Despite his diagnosis, he continued working until very recently.

Paying tribute to Stourton, his friend and former Today co-host James Naughtie praised his ‘warm intelligence and wit’, describing him as ‘one of the best colleagues’.

Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya also called him ‘an absolutely outstanding broadcaster’.

Stourton’s career in journalism spanned more than four decades (Picture: Monks/Daily Mail/Shutterstock)

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Meanwhile, the BBC’s interim news chief Jonathan Munro said it was ‘far too soon to lose Ed’.

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