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."