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Updated Monday, March 11, 2024-07:16

The well-known BBC Scotland presenter,

Nick Sheridan

, has died after a brief illness at the age of 32.

He had presented shows including

Reporting Scotland

,

Drivetime

,

Nine

and

Seven Days

since he joined British public television in 2018.

His death has been a serious blow to the public corporation.

BBC Scotland

's head of news

,

Gary Smith

, stated that

Nick Sheridan

had been a "wonderful colleague to those of us who have worked with him".

Smith added that

Nick Sheridan

"was an enormously talented journalist, presenter and author, and one of those rare people who illuminates the lives of everyone around them.

Funny, intelligent, kind. A lovely man

."

"Our hearts go out to his parents, who have been with him for the last 10 days, to his partner, Lewis, and to the rest of his family and friends," she explained.

Although the news has had great national and international reach,

at the moment the real reason for the journalist's death is unknown

.

It is only known that he suffered a brief illness that took his life.

Scottish First Minister

Humza Yousaf

paid tribute to Sheridan as he began his weekly question session in the Scottish Parliament chamber, describing him as an "extremely talented journalist and author".

Yousaf said: "Many of us in this chamber have been interviewed by Nick (no doubt quite firmly) either on

BBC Drivetime

or on many of the other programs he presented."

Originally from Wexford, Ireland,

Sheridan

worked in radio and television for more than a decade.

Prior to arriving at the BBC he had spent two years reporting and presenting

RTE News2day

, the youth news program for Ireland's national broadcaster, before moving to the main newsroom, where he worked in the foreign affairs department.

He joined BBC Scotland as a researcher, before becoming a reporter, correspondent and presenter.

He left his post to focus on writing children's books

, but continued as a regular freelance presenter on BBC Scotland's radio and television news programmes.