Acorah launched the paranormal reality TV series Most Haunted in 2001.
Derek Acorah, pictured in 2006. Image: Doug Peters Derek Acorah, pictured in 2006. Image: Doug Peters TV MYSTIC DEREK Acorah has died aged 69, his wife has said.
The self-styled spiritual medium, whose real name is Derek Johnson, appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 and launched the paranormal reality TV series Most Haunted in 2001. His wife Gwen Acorah shared the news in a statement on his official Facebook page, adding that the psychic had been in intensive care after falling into a coma.
“Farewell my love! I will miss you forever! I’m devastated to announce that my beloved husband Derek has passed away after a very brief illness,” she wrote.She suggested that her husband had been targeted by trolls before his death in the second part of her statement.Acorah found fame as a spiritual medium and fronted Predictions With Derek Acorah early in his TV career.
His own show, Predictions With Derek Acorah, where he would conduct readings with members of the public in their own homes, became a frontrunner for the genre of paranormal investigation programmes.Some years later, he fronted Michael Jackson: The Live Seance, which saw the medium attempt to contact the singer’s spirit.
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