Carol Vorderman expressed her sadness at the news as she recalled O'Connor saying he was "lively, funny, he ALWAYS wanted to entertain people".
In two posts on Twitter, she wrote: "RIP Des O'Connor. So sad this morning to hear that darling Des has passed away."He was the host of Countdown for a couple of years and was a joy to work with.
Lively, funny, he ALWAYS wanted to entertain people."I will remember him most tho for his brilliant chat shows in the days when families would gather round the telly to watch , Des O'Connor was the King."We'd cry laughing when Freddie Starr would pretend to be behaving and things would go badly wrong.
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