Body of British TV presenter Mosley found on Greek island, local official says

Michael Mosley, a British TV presenter, was found dead in Symi after he was missing since Wednesday.

  Police officers stand around the body of British TV presenter Michael Mosley on the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Symi, Greece, June 9, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)
Police officers stand around the body of British TV presenter Michael Mosley on the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Symi, Greece, June 9, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)

British TV presenter and healthy living advocate Michael Mosley has been found dead on the Greek island of Symi, a deputy mayor of the island told Reuters on Sunday.

Mosley, 67, had been missing since Wednesday after he went for a walk alone along a coastal path in searing heat.

Identification was previously pending 

Police spokeswoman Constantina Dimoglidou had earlier said that the body of a person believed to be Mosley had been found in the area of Agia Marina, but that identification was pending.

 A view of the area where the body of British TV presenter Michael Mosley was found on the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Symi, Greece, June 9, 2024.  (credit: REUTERS/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)
A view of the area where the body of British TV presenter Michael Mosley was found on the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Symi, Greece, June 9, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Panormitis Chatzigiannakis)

"The mayor of the island and a state TV ERT journalist were filming the area of Agia Marina, when they spotted the body," said deputy mayor Nikitas Grillis. "It is certainly him."