Former ITN news reader, Carol Barnes has died at the age of 63.
Carol was rushed to a hospital in Brighton last weekend after suffering a massive stroke,
Her former boss Stewart Purvis said it was a “very, very sad day”. Her son James called her “beautiful and kind”.
He said: “My mum was a beautiful, kind and delicate person - a person loved by many and whom I am desperately proud to call my mother.”
Former ITN chief executive Mr Purvis said: “Even though Carol’s death seemed inevitable it’s still a very, very sad day, at such a comparatively young age for somebody who was still absolutely full of life and vigour and excitement.
“All her friends are mourning her - ‘Barnesy’ as she used to be known - at ITN, so many happy memories both professionally and also socially in the extraordinary world that television news was in those days.”
Sky News presenter and former colleague Dermot Murnaghan told Sky News: “I was in awe of the mighty Carol Barnes and she was just so down to earth, so helpful but, above all, so professional,” he said.
“She couldn’t have been kinder, more helpful and caring to someone like me.”
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