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Who was Charlie Mott and how was his death marked on The One Show?
THE One Show is mourning the death of a member of its team, Charlie Mott.
Presenter Alex Jones revealed the sad news on the programme that Mott had passed away.
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Who was Charlie Mott?
Charlie was a researcher on The One Show.
He is thought to be just three years out of University, having graduated from Bournemouth in 2017.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Charlie had worked at the BBC for just over two years, having joined the broadcaster in 2018 as a studio researcher.
He passed away sometime over the weekend of August 22 to 23 but his cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
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How was Charlie Mott's death marked on The One Show?
On August 25, 2020, Alex Jones fought back tears as she paid tribute to Charlie.
The 43-year-old presenter dedicated the end of the show to him.
Closing the show, Alex told viewers: "Now, before we go, we just wanted to pay tribute to one of our colleagues Charlie Mott, who sadly died at the weekend.
"Everybody on the team is absolutely devastated.
"He was hugely talented and such good company. We miss him so much."
Clearly overwhelmed with emotion, the star added: "Our thoughts are with his family and we are sending lots of love from all of us here."
As a mark of respect for Charlie, The One Show did not include their upbeat theme music as the credits rolled after the show.
Instead, the closing frames aired in complete silence.
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What other tributes have been made for Charlie Mott?
Members of The One Show family took to Twitter to pay tribute to their co-worker.
One wrote: "There are no words. We love you so much Charlie."
Another tweeted: "Will miss you buddy x."
This one said: "I've just heard about Charlie Mott and in shocked and deeply saddened.
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"One of THE nicest and hardest working, funniest people I worked with at The One Show.
"I'm so sorry to hear that his family have lost such lovely man from their lives."
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