Overview
- The broadcaster’s family said he died peacefully at his North London home and published funeral plans on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
- Murnaghan spent five decades on air at Channel 4, ITV, the BBC and Sky News, presenting programmes including BBC Breakfast and the quiz show Eggheads.
- He revealed a Stage IV prostate cancer diagnosis in 2025, told followers he was responding to treatment, and used his profile to urge men to get tested.
- Tributes from colleagues, politicians and cancer charities praised his journalism and campaigning, and many public figures urged men to seek screening in his memory.
- The family asked that remembrances support Prostate Cancer UK, Prostate Cancer Research and North London Hospice, a request likely to reinforce calls for earlier detection and screening.