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| TV presenter Raymond Baxter dies | TV presenter Raymond Baxter dies |
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| Television presenter Raymond Baxter - best known for fronting the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme - has died at the age of 84. | Television presenter Raymond Baxter - best known for fronting the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme - has died at the age of 84. |
| He was with his daughter Jenny Douglas and son Dr Graham Baxter when he died at a hospital in Reading, Berkshire. | |
| He presented Tomorrow's World for 12 years, but also commentated on the Queen's coronation, Churchill's funeral, and Concorde's first flight. | He presented Tomorrow's World for 12 years, but also commentated on the Queen's coronation, Churchill's funeral, and Concorde's first flight. |
| His family said was working until the day before he went into hospital. | His family said was working until the day before he went into hospital. |
| They said in a statement: "He had a love of innovation and challenge both professionally and personally, and he met that challenge right up to the end because he was commentating at Goodwood the day before he was taken into hospital. | They said in a statement: "He had a love of innovation and challenge both professionally and personally, and he met that challenge right up to the end because he was commentating at Goodwood the day before he was taken into hospital. |
| "He was a professional through and through in everything he attempted from his days as a pilot, as a broadcaster, and through to his love of sailing." | "He was a professional through and through in everything he attempted from his days as a pilot, as a broadcaster, and through to his love of sailing." |
| Wartime pilot | |
| He was a pilot during World War II, taking part in raids against V1 and V2 missile sites deep inside occupied Europe. | He was a pilot during World War II, taking part in raids against V1 and V2 missile sites deep inside occupied Europe. |
| Immediately after the war he joined British Forces News, and reported on the Berlin airlift. | Immediately after the war he joined British Forces News, and reported on the Berlin airlift. |
| One of the highlights of his time on Tomorrow's World was in 1967, when he interviewed Dr Christian Barnard live by telephone from South Africa, just one hour after he completed the world's first heart transplant. | |
| He returned to the series for anniversary editions but was "sad" to see it dropped by the BBC in 2003. |