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| Mike Morris: Former TV-am presenter dies aged 65 | Mike Morris: Former TV-am presenter dies aged 65 |
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| Former TV-am presenter Mike Morris has died aged 65. | Former TV-am presenter Mike Morris has died aged 65. |
| He joined ITV's breakfast show when it launched as a sports reporter and presenter and went on to present Good Morning Britain on Saturdays. | He joined ITV's breakfast show when it launched as a sports reporter and presenter and went on to present Good Morning Britain on Saturdays. |
| He became anchorman of Good Morning Britain in 1987 and presented Yorkshire TV's news magazine programme Calendar until 2002 | He became anchorman of Good Morning Britain in 1987 and presented Yorkshire TV's news magazine programme Calendar until 2002 |
| ITV's Daybreak presenter and former colleague Lorraine Kelly said he will be "very, very, very sadly missed". | ITV's Daybreak presenter and former colleague Lorraine Kelly said he will be "very, very, very sadly missed". |
| "Mike was a delightful man, he was such a generous presenter - he really was brilliant," she said. | "Mike was a delightful man, he was such a generous presenter - he really was brilliant," she said. |
| "The good thing about him was he didn't make a big fuss or a song and dance, he made it look easy. And I think in some ways he was under-rated because of that." | "The good thing about him was he didn't make a big fuss or a song and dance, he made it look easy. And I think in some ways he was under-rated because of that." |
| She added that her many memories of him were of "mostly just laughing". | She added that her many memories of him were of "mostly just laughing". |
| Morris was born in Harrow, north-west London, in June 1947 and started his journalistic career with the Surrey Comet in 1969. | |
| His TV-am co-host Anne Diamond said: "I presented many, many memorable breakfast television programmes with Mike and I'd just like to say, as a way of tribute, what a lovely, lovely man he was. | His TV-am co-host Anne Diamond said: "I presented many, many memorable breakfast television programmes with Mike and I'd just like to say, as a way of tribute, what a lovely, lovely man he was. |
| "He was incredibly popular, I think, because he was just like the guy next door. | "He was incredibly popular, I think, because he was just like the guy next door. |
| "It was completely sincere image he had of just being the ordinary bloke next door, who asked the ordinary bloke-type questions. | "It was completely sincere image he had of just being the ordinary bloke next door, who asked the ordinary bloke-type questions. |
| "That endeared him to a great many people. It certainly did to me. | "That endeared him to a great many people. It certainly did to me. |
| "He was always a gentleman, he was always generous. He was very, very funny. A real family man and I must say I'm terribly sad to hear he has died." | "He was always a gentleman, he was always generous. He was very, very funny. A real family man and I must say I'm terribly sad to hear he has died." |