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A TV fable who featured connected some Who Wants to beryllium a Millionaire and Question Time has near a immense sum down successful his will
- Published: 13:45, 25 Nov 2024
- Updated: 13:45, 25 Nov 2024
A MAN credited with being down immoderate of the astir iconic soundtracks connected TV, near down a immense sum aft helium died 3 years ago.
Michael Strachan was the composer down immoderate of the astir iconic taxable tunes connected TV including BBC's Question Time and ITV's Who Wants to beryllium a Millionaire.
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The composer died astatine 50 years aged successful August 2021, leaving down a whopping £1.58 cardinal to his woman Bernadette.
Strachan won 12 awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 10 of which were for the celebrated ITV1 quiz show’s soundtrack.
He was champion known arsenic the co-composer of the iconic Who Wants to Be a Millionaire taxable music, which helium wrote alongside his dada Keith.
It took the brace 8 days successful 1998 to travel up with 95 snippets of euphony to screen the melodramatic events connected the classical crippled show.
Strachan died little than a period aft being fixed a suspended prison condemnation for mounting occurrence to his ain home.
A twelvemonth earlier his death, splitting from his woman was reported to person near him successful a acheronian place, and Matthew attempted to instrumentality his ain beingness successful 2020.
A court heard helium started aggregate fires successful his room utilizing piles of bedding earlier calling 999, admitting helium would astir apt beryllium dormant earlier exigency services reached the scene.
Matthew past jumped retired of a first-floor window.
Attending court successful 2021, helium was handed a 10 period jailhouse sentence, suspended for 2 years, and told to acquisition attraction for intoxicant and intelligence health problems by the court.
After his death, his begetter Keith told the BBC: "Matthew was loved by his household and helium volition beryllium sadly missed. He was a warm, comic and talented quality being."
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire viewers near baffled by ‘incorrect’ reply to Britain's Got Talent question asking 'what did I miss?'
At the time, a person besides told The Sun: "Matthew was a troubled psyche but an incredibly talented man.
"He was gentle and benignant but endured an ongoing conflict with his interior demons. It is tragic helium couldn’t beryllium astatine peace."
Who has won the jackpot connected Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire has offered hundreds of hopeful contestants the accidental to go millionaires, but determination has lone been a fistful of fortunate winners.
There person lone been five existent winners truthful acold connected the amusement as Charles Ingram, who was the 3rd victor of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001, had his assertion to the prize thrown retired due to the fact that of cheating allegations.
The authoritative winners are...
Judith Keppel
- In 2000, plot decorator Judith Keppel made quiz amusement past arsenic she became the archetypal ever victor of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Judith is besides the lone pistillate ever to person won the million-pound prize.
David Edwards
- Former physics teacher David became the 2nd contestant to triumph the apical prize successful April 2001. Following his success, Edwards went connected to vie successful some bid of Are You an Egghead? successful 2008 and 2009.
Robert Brydges
- Oxford-educated banker Robert became the 3rd Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? champion erstwhile helium won the quiz amusement respective moths aft David successful 2001. Robert has stayed retired of the limelight since his win.
Pat Gibson
- World champion Irish quiz subordinate Pat won the amusement successful 2004. Amazingly Pat had TWO of his lifelines inactive disposable for his last question, thing nary different victor has managed.
Ingram Wilcox
- Ingram came adjacent to losing connected Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? successful 2006 arsenic helium had utilized each his lifelines up astatine the £32,000 mark, but successful a shocking twist helium went connected to scoop the jackpot.
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