BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Brian Matthew is critically ill but still alive, the corporation has clarified.
“We were informed by close family and friends that Brian had passed away in the night,” a spokesperson for the corporation said.
In January 2017, the BBC announced that Matthew would not return to the programme due to ill health, but the host dimissed this.
An e-petition signed by thousands led to Matthew being allowed to return for one final show in February 2017.
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