The former TV and radio presenter spoke publicly about his prostate cancer to try to help others.
In interviews, he admitted to having mixed feelings about the school. "I felt totally inferior, having never mixed with the upper echelons before," he confessed.
In 1986, he joined the BBC Today programme. Two years later, he became a reporter for BBC Breakfast Time - where he covered both the Lockerbie disaster and the Romanian revolution.As a Washington correspondent, Bill Turnbull reported on the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the OJ Simpson trialAs BBC News Washington correspondent, he covered the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the OJ Simpson trial and hurricanes in Florida.
When the programme relocated to Salford in 2012, Turnbull and his family moved to the edge of the Peak District - although, to his disappointment, the bees had to remain in Buckinghamshire, where it was less windy. There were also moving messages from those he had interviewed. "Bill, you beautiful specimen of a man," gushed James Corden, "For so much of my life, you were my morning glory and I will miss waking up with you every day."Turnbull tackled his cancer in the way he knew best: he made a television programme about it.
His experience with prostate cancer prompted him to talk about it publicly in the hope it would help other people.
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