AA Gill dead aged 62 just weeks after top food critic revealed he was suffering ‘an embarrassment of cancer’

TOP food writer AA Gill has died just weeks after revealing he was suffering from an 'embarrassment of cancer'.

Three weeks ago the 62-year-old dad-of-four said: “I’ve got an embarrassment of cancer, the full English. I have a trucker’s gut-buster, gimpy, malevolent, meaty malignancy.”

Gill had written for The Sunday Times since 1993 and his final article, about coming to terms with his cancer, will be published tomorrow.

A statement from Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens said:  "It is with profound sadness that I must tell you that our much-loved colleague Adrian Gill died this morning.

"Adrian was stoical about his illness, but the suddenness of his death has shocked us all. "Characteristically he has had the last word, writing an outstanding article about coming to terms with his cancer in tomorrow’s Sunday Times Magazine.

"He was the heart and soul of the paper. His wit was incomparable, his writing was dazzling and fearless, his intelligence was matched by compassion. Adrian was a giant among journalists. He was also our friend. We will miss him.

"I know you will want to join me in sending condolences to Nicola Formby and his children."

Gill had written about his diagnosis, which prompted him to successfully propose to Nicola Formby, his partner of nearly 25 years.

In an interview with the Sunday Times the critic, who overcame dyslexia to become a writer, said he had no regrets about the diagnosis.