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Re: richard whiteley
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Carol Vorderman has paid a touching tribute to her friend and Countdown co-star Richard Whiteley, who died yesterday aged 61.
"I adored him and I always will," she said of the man she partnered on screen for 23 years. "
In a statement issued today (Monday), Vorderman continued: "We have had thousands of messages from our Countdown family. We even had a message saying Mass is being said for him in Ireland today. He was loved by millions as every day he filled the screen and made us laugh.
"He was the star. Many times the audience was full of students – all younger than Countdown itself – and they came to pay homage to their favourite uncle. They had T-shirts made with his face on. They raided their dads' wardrobes for the worst jacket and tie they could find and they had their hair cut like Richard's.
"I'm privileged to have known him, to have been so close to him and to have been supported and loved by him. I adored him and I always will
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