Gloria Hunniford is facing profound grief as she bids farewell to her husband Stephen Way, who passed away at 85 after suffering a series of debilitating strokes. The Loose Women star and veteran broadcaster, aged 84, had been married to Stephen for over 25 years. She expressed that his passing would create "the most enormous void, not only in my life, but our entire family".
The family released a heartfelt statement: "It is with huge sadness and very heavy hearts that we share the passing of Stephen Way, Gloria's beloved husband, who lost his battle yesterday afternoon. Stephen had been heroically fighting his illness..
. but always with great tenacity and a positive spirit. He was an incredibly kind, generous, and caring man, with a delightfully quirky sense of humour, which remained till the end.
" This isn't the first time the pioneering broadcaster, who made history as the UK's first woman to have her own daily radio show on BBC Radio 2 for 13 years, has experienced loss. In 2004, Gloria faced the heartbreaking death of her daughter Caron Keating, a former Blue Peter presenter, to breast cancer at the age of 41, leaving behind her two young sons. Courageous Gloria established a charitable foundation in her daughter's honour and completed two books that her daughter had started before her untimely death: an autobiography and a book detailing her battle with cancer.
"Losing a child takes you to the darkest spot you could ever imagine," Gloria told The Mirror in 2018. "There'.