Veteran broadcaster Edward Stourton, who presented BBC Radio 4's Today programme for a decade, has died at the age of 68 after living with incurable prostate cancer. The acclaimed journalist passed away on Saturday surrounded by his family, the BBC confirmed.
Career and diagnosis
Stourton's career spanned more than four decades. In his 2023 memoir Confessions, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014. After initial treatment, he was later told the disease had spread and become incurable. Despite this, he continued working until very recently.
Tributes from colleagues
Paying tribute, his friend and former Today co-host James Naughtie praised Stourton's 'warm intelligence and wit', describing him as 'one of the best colleagues'. Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya called him 'an absolutely outstanding broadcaster'. The BBC's interim news chief Jonathan Munro said it was 'far too soon to lose Ed'.
