Editing Keith Chegwin (section)

==Death==
In a 2001 interview, Chegwin said he smoked 60 cigarettes a day and was a recovering alcoholic.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Theroux |first=Louis |author-link=Louis Theroux |date=3 November 2001 |title=Louis Theroux meets Keith Chegwin: the show must go on |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/nov/03/weekend7.weekend6 |newspaper=The Guardian |via=theguardian.com |quote=I was struck by Keith’s face, how weathered he looked, and also the fact that Keith smoked throughout the interview. Didn’t just smoke, but smoked hard, caving his cheeks as he sucked out every last bit of smoke.}}</ref>{{fv|date=March 2025}} He died at his home in Shropshire on 11 December 2017, having been ill with [[idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]] (IPF), a chronic lung disease, for an extended period.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706 | title = TV's Keith Chegwin dies aged 60 | work = BBC News | date = 11 December 2017 | access-date = 11 December 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171211142601/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706 | archive-date = 11 December 2017 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> He was 60 years old.<ref>{{ cite news | url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/12/11/keith-chegwin-dies-aged-60-at-shropshire-home/ | title=Keith Chegwin dies aged 60 at Shropshire home | date=11 December 2017 | newspaper=[[Shropshire Star]] | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211201510/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/12/11/keith-chegwin-dies-aged-60-at-shropshire-home/ | archive-date=11 December 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>