This ITV presenter labelled Barratt a ‘class act,’ sharing her condolences on Twitter.
‘Unhappy to listen to of the demise of your dad. Class act,’ she wrote.
The Leeds-born broadcaster was greatest referred to as the principle presenter on Nationwide between 1969 and 1977.
Saying the unhappy information, Barratt’s household shared: ‘We’re very unhappy to report that our pretty Dad/Husband/Mike/Michael Barratt died this morning. He was 94.
‘He spent his remaining days being cared for on the fantastic Thames Hospice in Berkshire, surrounded by his household.
‘A life lived to the complete.’
In addition they included a JustGiving web page which has been arrange in his reminiscence to lift cash for Thames Hospice.
In addition to tributes from Lorraine and followers sharing their condolences, broadcaster Simon McCoy wrote: ‘Such unhappy information. The nicest of males who was all in favour of issues happening on the planet proper up till the top.’
Nationwide was a weekday BBC present affairs programme which ran from 1969 till 1983.
In addition to Barratt, who hosted the present from the start, different presenters have embody Esther Rantzen, Sue Cook dinner, Martin Younger and Bob Langley.
In addition to Nationwide, Barratt featured as a BBC presenter on Midlands Right now, Panorama and 24 Hours.
He was additionally chairman of BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Query Time and introduced Songs of Reward, in addition to being the creator of a number of books.
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