Judith Chalmers, presenter of TV series Wish You Were Here, dies aged 90

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• The TV presenter Judith Chalmers, who spent almost three decades persuading British people to go on holiday as the host of Wish You Were Here …?, has died at the age of 90 after living with Alzheimer’s in her final years.
• Her family said she died peacefully at home on Thursday, surrounded by “the family she loved so much”, after becoming ill in recent weeks.
• They added that she would be greatly missed but left behind “a giant suitcase of the happiest memories”.
• Chalmers, who presented more than 500 editions of the popular ITV travel show between 1974 and 2003, led an “extraordinary life that involved over 60 years in broadcasting and countless adventures all over the globe”, the family said.
• When she landed her job as the launch presenter of the show, like many British people in the 1970s, the farthest she had ever travelled was across the Channel...