Mark Speight

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Mark Speight
Born(1965-08-06)6 August 1965
Seisdon, Staffordshire, England, UK
Died13 April 2008 (aged 42)
London, England, UK
Cause of deathSuicide by hanging
OccupationTV presenter
Years active1994–2007
PartnerNatasha Collins

Mark Warwick Fordham Speight (6 August 1965 – 13 April 2008)[1] was a British television presenter. He was best known for showing what was the long-running BBC children's art program SMart. He found his fiancee, Natasha Collins, also a BBC presenter dead at their flat in London on January 2008. He was then arrested as a suspect, but was released without any charges put against him. On 13 April 2008, police found his body hanging from the roof of the MacMillan House in London.[2]

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  1. "Mark Speight". The Daily Telegraph. 2008-04-13. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. "TV host Speight was found hanged". BBC News Online. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-14.

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