Colin Fry dead: TV psychic's career including Most Haunted and search for Madeleine McCann

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Colin Fry Colin Fry has passed away aged 53, leaving behind him a legacy of work as a TV medium.
The tragic news was confirmed on his official website as the psychic lost his battle with terminal lung cancer.
A statement read: "It is with much sadness and regret to announce that the Reverend Colin Fry, Britain’s most loved and respected Spiritualist Medium, lost his fight against cancer and passed away peacefully in hospital in the early hours at 2:50am this morning.
"Colin brought a lot of comfort to his audiences in a career which spanned for more than 30 years. Our sympathies and condolences go out to Colin’s family and friends."

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A spiritualist medium of 35 years, the Reverend Colin Fry became a professional aged 17, eventually making the jump to TV in 2002 whilst still appearing live.
That year, he began hosting his first TV show 6th Sense, before moving on to appear on Most Haunted the following year.
Fellow medium Derek Acorah - who appeared on the show between 2001 and 2005 - had paid tribute to Fry following his death.


He tweeted: "It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of my dear friend Colin Fry. Condolences to his family and friends."
In 2006 and 2007, he was back on TV with Psychic Privates Eyes, which ran for 15 episodes.


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Colin Fry chats about his TV show Psychic Private Eyes in 2006

The year the show ended, Fry became involved in the search for Madeleine McCann, as her father Gerry's sister contacted him for help.
Philomena said at the time: "At the start of the campaign to find Madeleine, Gerry said that no stone would be left unturned when looking for her.
"Seeing a psychic is just part of turning more stones. Gerry is not particularly receptive to psychics - but he's prepared to give it a go."


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Kate McCann and her husband Gerry McCann

Since then, he has expanded his show Colin Fry Live, adding to his intense schedule of 130-160 theatres worldwide.
In 2011, he added more regional dates to make it easier for those outside big cities - and the following year year saw him release his autobiography The Happy Medium.

BlueBag wrote:I know he's dead... but this man made money from exploiting people's grief.

He was caught faking a seance early on in his career.

P.T. Barnum springs to mind.

Amazingly ectoplasm seems to have gone out of fashion these days.

BlueBag wrote:I know.. absurd isn't.

You never see a medium trying this crap any more.

Colin Fry was a fake who got really good at it.