Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid has shared a touching tribute to her former ITV news colleague Geoff Hill who passed away on Thursday afternoon.
The journalist died at the age of 52 after he lost his gruelling four-year-long battle with leukaemia surrounded by his family.
The 50-year-old took to Twitter later that day to share her heartfelt message to his friends and family in honour of his 30 years of journalism.
The mum-of-three branded her former colleague as “a thoroughly lovely man” as she asked her 830,000 fans to consider donating to a cancer charity he worked with throughout his life.
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After the news broke of his passing, Susanna penned: “Above all else, Geoff was a thoroughly lovely man. This is so, so sad. Sending love to his wonderful family.”
She continued: “Please consider donating to the cause Geoff worked so hard to support,” with the link to the charity Cure Leukaemia who also shared their sadness over his passing.
The charity funds the Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP), which delivers and links patients to globally significant blood cancer clinical trials.
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They chimed in with the wave of touching messages to the family of the late journalist with a lengthy post sending their condolences to his family and thanking him for his continued support and fundraising efforts throughout his life.
They wrote: “We’re devastated to hear the news that Geoff Hill has sadly passed away following his battle with leukaemia.
“Geoff was a very humble man who wanted to do all he could to help @CureLeukaemia & was to join the board as a Trustee.
“We send our sincere condolences to all his family.”
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The late reporter opened up about his diagnosis just a last week in which he revealed he had received a stem cell transplant, 100 rounds of chemotherapy and 38 bone marrow biopsies in addition to radiotherapy.
Geoff was first diagnosed with leukaemia back in 2017 after he visited his local GP for a routine blood test.
In a candid interview with the MailOnline, the reporter admitted that the cancer diagnosis “knocked me sideways” when he was informed that he could have died within hours of being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic, which led to an emergency blood transfusion.
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He told the publication: “I was out of breath, I had sweats and lack of energy, but you don’t think you’ve got blood cancer.
“No one does. But the signs are really important.”
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