Overview
- Sara Cox announced Peta’s death in an Instagram post featuring throwback photos and the message, “Sleep tight Peta. You’ll always be in my heart.”
- New reporting says Cox visited Peta in the ICU at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, with Peta’s father thanking her and noting his daughter had been hospitalised from November 18.
- Celebrities including Dermot O’Leary, Zoe Ball and Nicki Chapman publicly shared condolences on Cox’s tribute post.
- Cox’s recent Great Northern Marathon Challenge covered 135 miles from Kielder Forest to Pudsey across Northumberland, County Durham and Yorkshire, raising £11,501,637 for BBC Children In Need.
- She described severe post-challenge fatigue and swollen feet on BBC Breakfast and said she later received congratulations from Prince William and Stormzy.