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Former Top Gear presenter Sue Baker has died aged 67 following a battle with motor neurone disease (MND), her family has confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with great sadness, that we share the news of Sue\u2019s passing,\u201d the statement released by Baker\u2019s family on November 14th read. \u201cA doting mother to Ian & Hannah, a loving grandmother to Tom & George, and a wonderful mother-in-law to Lucy. She passed at home this morning with family around her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a talented & prolific writer, a charismatic TV presenter, and a passionate animal lover. She had a life and career that many would envy, but did it all with such grace that she was admired and respected by all who knew her. We know she meant so much to so many.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to everyone who has supported her over the last few years as she battled with MND.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baker was one of the original presenters of Top Gear<\/a>, joining the show\u2019s first iteration in 1980. She appeared in more than 100 episodes before leaving the show in 1991 to continue her career as a motoring journalist, going on to become the Observer\u2019s motoring editor, a position she held for 13 years.<\/p>\n Baker was also the vice-president, and a former chair, of the Guild of Motoring Writers, who shared a tribute on Twitter.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn our vice-president and former chair, @carscribe Sue Baker, passed away this morning following a long illness. Sue was a pioneer for women in automotive journalism and a former presenter of @BBC_TopGear,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n We are deeply saddened to learn our vice-president and former chair, @carscribe<\/a> Sue Baker, passed away this morning following a long illness. Sue was a pioneer for women in automotive journalism and a former presenter of @BBC_TopGear<\/a>. A full tribute will be published later. pic.twitter.com\/pmEk88joOl<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The GoMW (@gomw_uk) November 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>