The journalist, best known as a presenter on the likes of GMTV, Sky News, and Watchdog, has been confirmed to have died in hospital on Sunday (21st September 2025) in the early hours of the morning.
His agent, Jackie Gill, confirmed that he had faced complications with his Parkinson's after being diagnosed with pneumonia in recent days.
"His son Nick and daughter-in-law Lisa have been constantly at his side, and John died peacefully in hospital this morning."
John Stapleton began his career in regional newspapers before moving to Fleet Street and then to television, with numerous roles at the BBC and ITV, including on Panorama, Newsnight and Good Morning Britain.
Stapleton won the News Presenter of the Year award in 2003 from the Royal Television Society, largely for his coverage of the Iraq War on GMTV.
Speaking to BBC One's Morning Live in 2024, Stapleton was candid about his health and how best he was trying to live with Parkinson's.
"It’s very frustrating sometimes, particularly [when] people are constantly saying to you: ‘Sorry, what did you say?’ And you have to repeat yourself, time and time again.
"I am fairly pragmatic about the prospect of this getting worse. I try to remain positive, because what’s the point of not being?"
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