BBC Crimewatch presenter’s heartbreak as mum dies aged 105
A CRIMEWATCH presenter has revealed the heartbreaking passing of her "amazing" 105-year-old mother.
The BBC anchor, 76, took to her page on X to post an image of two glasses of pink fizz as she raised a toast to her late parent.
Sue Cook, who fronted the factual crime show for 11 years, captured the tribute and added the words: "Dedicating today to memories of my amazing mother who died last night at the age of 105 and a half.
"Cheers and RIP dearest Mum."
In reply to one fan, she added: "Her time had certainly come, but a lot to process all the same."
Sue, who started her Crimewatch career in 1984, was supported by her online followers, with one posting: "So sorry. 105 is just amazing and so many memories to celebrate."
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Another added: "Sorry for your loss, but here’s to Mum."
A third posted: "A great age, what a life. You must have some incredible memories of her."
One then commented: "Condolences, respect to her long life!"
Sue previously fronted Crimewatch with Nick Ross.
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Yet the show was axed in 2017 after 33 years on air.
BBC bosses pulled the plug on the show as the ratings slumped, despite a revamp with Jeremy Vine as host.
A source said: “Everyone is really shocked.”
Falling ratings are thought to be behind the BBC’s decision to axe Crimewatch.
Bosses told at the the time how they wanted to spend more on dramas.
Police forces previously used the show, and its crime reconstructions, to solve many cases.
In 1993 CCTV footage of James Bulger’s killers leading the lad, two, away saw Jon Venables and Robert Thompson identified.
And a 1997 appeal on the murders of Lin and Megan Russell snared the killer Michael Stone.
A source said: “Everyone is really shocked. It is a massive public service programme.”
Yet recently, Sue admitted she had become "disillusioned" with the broadcaster amid the coronavirus pandemic.
She told how she had stopped listening to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme after 20 years.
She fumed back in 2020: “I don’t know what’s happened to the BBC.
"I now listen to Talk Radio because I get my concerns addressed.
"It was such a privilege to work for the BBC when I first started out in the 1970s.
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"I was just knocked out by how wonderful it was working for the BBC.
"I've been so loyal to them for years and years but the last couple of months has really disillusioned me terribly."
