They’re funny things, accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.

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Dr Michael Mosley was a well-known personality in British media, featuring on TV, podcasts, radio and newspapers as well as writing several popular health-related books. His main focus was on the things people can do to improve their own health and therefore their lives, with the aim of living longer and staying healthy. He was inspired to act because he was afraid of dying relatively young like his father, who died of complications related to diabetes at the age of 74. How ironic then that he should die relatively young at only 67. We were all listeners to his radio series ‘Just One Thing’ (simple things you can do to improve your health and life) so we were shocked to hear he had disappeared on Wednesday afternoon while on holiday with his wife and friends. Apparently he left them on the beach and set off on the short walk back to their accommodation, but never arrived. After an extensive search it was announced this morning that a body has been found on an exposed rocky hillside near the coast. We don’t yet know the details but he set out in the middle of the day in extremely hot temperatures to walk over unforgiving rocky terrain. He was away from the most direct route so it looks as though he may have taken the wrong path and then perhaps been overcome by the heat, or had some sort of accident, but who knows? I guess it just goes to show, you can live a healthy life and then random luck still plays a part. The title is a line by Eeyore in A.A. Milne's book 'Winnie the Pooh'. R.I.P. Dr Michael Mosley, you had a positive effect on many people’s lives.