Overview
- Metropolitan Police say officers responded at 23:02 on October 30 to reports of a man on a roof on Cockspur Street, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The London Ambulance Service reports it was called at 10:59pm to Spring Gardens and dispatched multiple crews, a HART team, and a trauma team.
- News outlets identify the deceased as Ben Duncan, 45, known for Channel 4’s Big Brother in 2010 and appearances on Come Dine With Me, Ladette to Lady, and Celebrity Coach Trip.
- Reports state he fell seven floors, roughly 100 feet, from the Trafalgar St. James rooftop bar near Trafalgar Square.
- Coverage highlights Duncan’s St Andrews connection to Prince William and Kate Middleton, with friends posting tributes and one noting he had recently become more reclusive and struggled with insomnia.