<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">TV presenter Beadle dies aged 59 </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Jeremy Beadle was best known for playing practical jokes on TV</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Television presenter and prankster Jeremy Beadle has died aged 59. One of ITV's most popular hosts during the 1980s, Beadle had been suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to a London hospital last week. </p> He was best known for fronting variety show Game For a Laugh and the hidden camera programme Beadle's About. </p> In recent years he had battled poor health after being diagnosed with a mild form of leukaemia in 2005. He also had a cancerous kidney removed. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>