I am reliably informed that Johnny Morris is, in fact, already dead. My initial reaction upon hearing this was one of smug self-satisfaction mixed with a tinge of concern that I had developed Minority Report-type powers and am now able to forsee the deaths of former children's TV presenters.
But no, I looked it up and he actually died in May 1999 aged 82, I'm not sure what his last words were, but I imagine they were done in the voice of a lazy giraffe. Interestingly, he'd cut his family out of his will and left his house to Terry Nutkins. While a little unfair to his family this seems somehow correct to me. It would be like David Jason leaving all his cash to Nicholas Lyndhurst, or Noel Edmonds bequeathing a couple of helicopters to Keith Chegwin.
Whether Nutkins has already drawn up his will naming Chris Packham as beneficiary is unknown.
