FINAL WORDS
Flog It star Michael Baggott’s heartbreaking final post before his tragic death from heart attack
Michael managed to joke with fans despite his very ill heath
FLOG IT! star Michael Baggott recorded a heartbreaking video for fans before he tragically died from a heart attack.
Michael, who passed away on Tuesday aged 65, had shot the clip from his hospital bed and admitted he feared he could "drop dead" at any moment.
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The antiques expert urged fans to buy their loved ones a copy of his book, titled As Found: A Lifetime In Antiques, while there were copies still available.
Despite being gravely ill on a stroke ward, Michael managed to joke that his tome could even become a "collector's item" if he passed away.
Michael said in the Instagram video in December: "Hospital bed marketing. Pulling on the heart strings, I suppose.
"If you want to give for Christmas, why not buy As Found: A Lifetime in Antiques by Michael Baggott.
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"Why? Well it's got 42 five star ratings on Amazon and none of them are by friends or relatives. So that's got to be a positive.
"There are very few copies left and the chances are, as you can see, I'm in a hospital bed with considerable amounts of medication, coursing through my veins, I may well drop dead soon and in that case, the value of it will soar and it become a collector's item."
Heartbreakingly, Michael went on to tell fans he 'didn't think he had much longer left'.
"If you wanted to do something smart this Christmas, buy copies As Found: A Lifetime... quite literally, although I didn't know it at the time, a lifetime in antiques because I don't think I've got much longer left," he said.
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"It's a very good book. In fact, it's an excellent book. Everybody thinks so.
"Perhaps when I've battled this journey back to health, if that happens, it will be a Times Bestseller.
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"But as I say, the chances are, I'll be dead before Christmas. So in that case, it will be a valuable collector's item. You heard it heard first."
Michael's death was announced in a social media post on Tuesday (January 28, 2025).
The star had suffered a stroke in October last year and had remained in hospital since then.
Last month, Michael shared a worrying video claiming he was "dying of thirst".
This week, a statement posted to both X and Instagram confirmed the silver specialist had died from a heart attack.
It read: "Heartbroken to share that Michael died yesterday in hospital of a heart attack following a stroke in October.
"He was a dearly loved son, brother, nephew and uncle who will be deeply and profoundly missed.
";There will be a memorial service in the coming weeks, the details of which will be shared here."
Michael's love of antiques began when he was a school boy and he has forged a successful career out of his passion.
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He previously hosted the BBC show Flog It! and had an expertise in antique silver, smallwork, boxes, early spoons, provincial and continental silver.
Sadly, Flog It! was dramatically axed by Beeb bosses in 2018 to make way for a "new generation" of daytime programming.
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