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The wife of a missing British TV doctor Michael Moseley paid tribute to his husband, whose the body has been found just meters from its destination, days after it disappeared during a walk along the Greek island of Symi.
The 67-year-old broadcaster, who was on holiday with his wife, was last seen alive at 1.30pm on Wednesday after he went for a walk alone along a coastal path in the scorching heat.
His body was found on rocky terrain on Sunday morning just meters from a marina and beach bar ending in a four-day searchwhich includes planes, drones and tracking dogs.
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Police spokeswoman Konstantina Dimoglidou said the body of a man believed to be Mosley was found in the area of the Agia Marina beach bar, north of the village of Pedi and opposite the northeast beach of Agios Nikolaos, where he had gone for his walk .
“It’s definitely him,” Deputy Mayor Nikitas Grillis said, awaiting official identification of the body.
In a statement issued on her behalf, Moseley’s wife, Dr Claire Bailey, confirmed that her husband had taken the wrong route on a hike and collapsed shortly before reaching the marina in a place where his body “could not easily to be seen’.
“It is devastating to lose Michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband. We had an incredibly happy life together. We loved each other very much and were so happy together,” she said.
“We take solace in the fact that he almost made it.
“Michael was an adventurous guy, that’s part of what made him so special.”
Dr Bailey said the family had been “enormously comforted by the outpouring of love”, adding: “It’s clear that Michael meant an enormous amount to so many of you.”
“We are so grateful to the extraordinary people of Simi who worked tirelessly to help find him. Some of these people on the island who had never even heard of Michael were working from dawn to dusk, unasked,” she said.
“I feel so blessed to have our children and my amazing friends. Most of all, I feel so lucky to have had this life with Michael.
His four children arrived in Simi, which is about 16 kilometers long and has 2,500 inhabitants, after his disappearance.
Moseley’s body was flown to the neighboring island of Rhodes for further tests after a police official said the medical examiner at the scene ruled out foul play but could not determine the exact cause of death.
Symi Mayor Lefteris Papakalodoukas said the discovery was made after he and others, including journalists, filmed the area above Agia Marina beach from a private boat.
“We analyzed the recorded evidence and it was clear that unfortunately it was Moseley,” Papakalodoukas said.
“It was found 10 meters from the sea, 10-15 meters from its destination, Agia Marina beach, between a fence and a path,” adding that it was unclear what had happened.
He said Mosley was found lying face up against a fence with his head on a rock. This is what a police source said BBC the deceased had been dead “for several days”.
Moseley’s career
Moseley was known outside the UK for promoting a type of intermittent fasting known as the 5:2 diet, and authored a book on the Fast 800 diet, which focuses on time-restricted eating for rapid weight loss.
He has also appeared in UK documentaries such as Channel 4’s Michael Moseley: Who Made Britain Fat? and Trust Me, I’m A Doctor on the BBC and has appeared on British programs such as The One Show on the BBC and This Morning on ITV.
He was nominated for a 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Information) after producing the 2001 BBC mini-series, The Human Face, which explored the science behind facial beauty, expression and fame.
The father-of-four also deliberately infected himself with parasites to learn more about them for the 2014 BBC programme, Infected! Life with parasites.
Even before the identity of the body was confirmed, tributes poured in for Moseley.
“Personally, he was very much the type of figure you’d see on TV: instantly likable, genuinely funny, enthusiastic, had this innate enthusiasm for life and was always very generous with his time,” his co-creator Mimi Spencer told the BBC Radio 4.
“He never blew his pipe, he was quite a humble man.”
Tom Watson, the former deputy leader of Britain’s Labor Party, called Moseley a hero and said he lost nearly 100 pounds after one of the doctor’s diet books.
“It’s hard to describe how upset I am by this news,” Watson said on social media platform X. “Through brave, science-based journalism, Michael Moseley has helped thousands of people get healthy. I am one of them.”
Dr Saleeha Ahsan, who co-hosted Trust Me, I’m A Doctor, said Moseley had a talent for putting people at ease and explaining science to a wide audience, “not just a niche science crowd, but everyone.” .
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver said Moseley’s research and TV shows had served the public well and changed the conversation around health issues, writing: “Absolutely devastating news… what an incredibly kind, kind and gentle man he was.”
– with AP/CNN
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