The award-winning English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist, and author. Sir Michael Parkinson has passed away at the age of 88. Parkinson was born on 28 March 1935 in the village of Cudworth, near Barnsley.
Sir Michael Parkinson’s cause of death: What did Michael Parkinson die of?
Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness, In 2013, Parkinson announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. however, In 2015 he was given the all-clear from the disease. A statement from his family does not reveal his cause of death, He was 88.
Parkinson began his career as a journalist in local newspapers straight after leaving school. He worked as a features writer for the Manchester Guardian, working alongside Michael Frayn, and later for the Daily Express in London.
Parkinson was ranked eighth in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals. In April 2006, Parkinson was awarded honorary patronage of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin
