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29th January 2025
10:50am GMT
Michael Baggott, best known for appearing as an antiques expert on the BBC show Flog It!, has passed away in hospital.
Baggott alarmed fans by sharing a video to social media from his hospital bed last December.
In the clip, he explained how he had suffered a stroke and was at the beginning of a long road to recovery.
— michael baggott (@baggottsilver) December 1, 2024
Michael told fans that he had been left bed bound at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham for five weeks: "It's been a week now and I've been able to take fluids for two days.
"I was left without any water at all and have become badly dehydrated. For the last three days, I've been given a litre of water, which has been insufficient to stop me being dehydrated."
He added: "The gaps between being given water have been 15 hours, 17 hours with no water, 12 hours with no water and currently 15 hours with no water intravenous."
"I'm dying of thirst in a British NHS hospital and no one seems prepared to do anything about it. I want to say the nursing staff, the junior doctors here, have been the saving grace. They all want to help but they can't. The senior management and the senior doctors, who I never see, always refuse water, always refuse treatment."
After his update, he said that he was in a "happier" mindset and was feeling "more hopeful" after becoming hydrated.
Speaking to fans, he commented: "Hydration at last, Radio 3 blaring and slightly happier, slightly more hopeful. Thank you for everybody who either came or sent a message. Hopefully the way back starts now."
Now, his death has been confirmed in a statement shared on his X account reading: "Heartbroken to share that Michael died yesterday in hospital of a heart attack following a stroke in October.
"He was a dearly loved son, brother, nephew and uncle who will be deeply and profoundly missed. There will be a memorial service in the coming weeks, the details of which will be shared here."
— michael baggott (@baggottsilver) January 28, 2025
The post which has racked up over 300 responses was flooded with messages of condolences from his online followers.
One comment read: "This is so upsetting. A true gentleman. God bless him."
Another user wrote: "I'm so very sorry to hear this. Such an interesting expert on #Flogit! Michael was an intelligent and interesting man, bringing a touch of irreverence & humour to this miserable world. I will miss him. Condolences to all his family and friends."
Baggot appeared on Flog It! from 2017 until it was decommissioned in 2020.
His co-star, Charles Hanson ,said in a statement shared online: "Rest in peace @baggottsilver A giant of our antique industry, our 'Arthur Negus' and never afraid to call out 'an expert who got it wrong including myself. Michael's thirst for knowledge for the object within' merited far more TV time too for a true and proper expert."
