Quentin Willson: Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter dies aged 68

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Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died aged 68 after a short illness.

 

Willson was a co-host on the BBC motoring show between 1991 and 2001 - working alongside the likes of Jeremy Clarkson - before going on to present Fifth Gear on Channel 5.

 

He later worked as a campaigner, fronting the FairFuel group calling for lower fuel duties, and became an early advocate of electric vehicles (EVs).

 

The Leicester-born father-of-three was described as a "true national treasure" and "true consumer champion" in a statement from his family, who said he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and died on Saturday.

 

"Quentin brought the joy of motoring, from combustion to electric, into our living rooms," they said...