Gary Rhodes has died

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Only 59. So young

DH was reading it out from the online news this morning.

I couldn't believe it - he's far from old, and as far as I am aware wasn't unwell. But having said that, perhaps he had been, but wanted to keep it private - and who can blame him, or his family for that.

A sad loss.

Terrible shame, very sad for his family.

I never really saw him on TV, his shows were a bit before I was interested in cooking. I loved his books though and his Sweet Dreams is one of my all time favourites.

Very sad for his family & friends.

I think when anyone dies ‘suddenly’ at 59, people are going to speculate, it’s human nature. When someone reports a ‘fall’ obviously that’s going to ramp it up.

Whatever happened, it’s incredibly sad for the family and with such talent, a loss to the general population who mostly admired him.

Such sad news. My thoughts are with his family.

Very sad news, first of the 'celebrity' cool chefs. Jamie Oliver should absolutely not have tweeted - just like a schoolboy - I know something you don't know... Whether it is true or not, show some respect.

Thoughts and love to the family.

Is it weird that people mention his wife by name like they know her?

Very sad. He started my love for cookery.

I don't think Jamie Oliver was being disrespectful. He must have assumed the information he had was in the public domain. When he realised it wasn't (or was incorrect) he deleted it.

I think Jamie owes the family an apology personally. It's not difficult to be aware of what you are writing on social media. Particularly if you deal with the press day in, day out.

Watching a cookery show featuring a contemporary of his recently, I wondered why he had gone off the public radar. He had such a nice TV personality . RIP.

Agreed, @crustycrab. Jamie’s been a media darling for years. He knows the drill

Very sad. I'm 30 and can remember him presenting Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes in the 90s. It's my first memory of a cooking show - I'm now obsessed with them and a keen amateur.
RIP.

Aw Jeez,

Please don't tell me Jamie Oliver thought the phrase, 'fell ill suddenly' meant fall down.

RIP Gary Rhodes.

Many years ago Gary did a programme with an ex colleague of my late husband. Lofty Wiseman who was a survival expert. My late DH and LW were in the SAS together in the 50s and 60s.

If he did simply get mixed up then he should've put it right by now!

To be working on that day and die so suddenly surely suggests something like meningitis. Rare but possible.

Really? There's loads of things it could be, that's why Jamie should put it right if it wasn't a fall (probably it was).

Isn't something like a heart attack much more common than meningitis in general?!

True, and in reality I know nothing just drawing on experience. Going to stop this now as I'm speculating. Sorry.

Hard not to isn't it. Either way, it's so sad

I'm assuming it was a fall because if it wasn't, Jamie O. would have corrected his post, rather than deleting it?

It's very sad. He seemed like a genuinely nice man.

Some media are now saying he was taken ill at home during a break in filming.

@MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet Me too ! Client lunches at Rhodes 24 back in my City days. It was really great. So so sad.

Such sad news. He was one of the chefs who inspired me to start off in the business and many of my skills and recipes are based on ideas I got from him.

Oh how sad. I remember watching him doing a demo at the Ideal Home exhibition years ago, when he first came to fame. RIP.