Editing Brian Redhead (section)

==Personal life==
Redhead married Jean (Jenni) Salmon in 1954 and had four children.<ref name=whoswho/>

In 1993, his health started to fail and he was in pain on his left side and leg. He was thought{{by whom|date=August 2016}} to need hip surgery, but in fact{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} had a ruptured [[Vermiform appendix|appendix]] which was leaking toxins, causing liver and kidney failure and other problems. He took leave from ''Today'' in early December, expecting to return after Christmas, but died in January 1994.