A statement from the Murnaghan Family:
It is with great sadness that the family of Dermot Murnaghan announces that he passed away at home in North London earlier this morning (11th July) at the age of 68 following a period of illness with prostate cancer. He died peacefully with his family at his side.
The family wish to thank the medical teams who cared for Dermot with such sensitivity and extraordinary compassion throughout his illness; also, for the many, many kind messages of goodwill that he received over the last year since his diagnosis of Stage IV prostate cancer and his subsequent campaigning to raise awareness for screening programmes for the disease.
In accordance with his wishes, the funeral will be a small family ceremony. A memorial service for friends and colleagues will follow at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street (the Journalists’ Church) later this year.
The family request that anyone wishing to remember him considers supporting Prostate Cancer UK, Prostate Cancer Research and North London Hospice so that others may benefit from the research and care he received.
A statement from KBJ Management:
Dermot was a founder client of KBJ Management, and a friend of us all. We have been proud to work with him over his long and distinguished career, and will greatly miss his wisdom, beady intelligence and irrepressible sense of mischief. Our thoughts and love are with Maria, Kitty, Molly, Alice and Jack.
To paraphrase his favourite news anchor, Stay Classy, Dermot.