Derek Acorah, TV medium, dies aged 69

[shemp]

Derek Acorah, TV medium, dies aged 69

Television medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died aged 69, his wife has announced.

Gwen Acorah Johnson said her "beloved" husband had passed away "after a very brief illness".

She announced his death on his official Facebook page, adding: "Farewell my love! I will miss you forever!"

I guess she doesn't think she'll be hearing from his spirit anytime soon.

Acorah was best known for Living TV's Most Haunted, a reality TV series that followed a team of paranormal experts as they investigated haunted locations.

Most Haunted ran from 2002 to 2010 although it returned in an online edition and on Really TV at various times until 2019.

Acorah departed as the show's guest medium after six series in 2005 over claims of fakery.

He was a "fake medium" as opposed to a "real medium" of course.

 

[Darat]

Given how he was like a leech for the grief of others the world is probably a better place with him no longer in it.

Sad for those that loved him, but probably not that sad for as they will believe they will be "with him" soon.

Wonder if his relatives will hear from him?

 

[zooterkin]

Sad for those that loved him, but probably not that sad for as they will believe they will be "with him" soon.

Well, that might depend on whether he believed it himself, and whether they believed him.

 

[wasapi]

Oh, how sad. One less scammer in the world. However, I'm sure another one will gratefully take his place.

 

[Michel H]

He seemed to have displayed some interest, and devoted some time to Michael Jackson and to Madeleine McCann, and to have not received a lot of credit for that (I wonder why).

In November 2009, Acorah featured in Michael Jackson: The Live Seance, in which he was shown on live television attempting to contact the singer's spirit. The programme was named the worst TV programme of 2009 in a poll of more than 9,000 Yahoo! users.[13][14]

In May 2012, Acorah claimed to have received a psychic message from Madeleine McCann via a 'spirit guide', stating that the child had died some time ago but would soon be reincarnated.[17] After widespread media outrage, Acorah used the same newspaper to publish an apology to McCann's parents.[17]

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Acorah )

I hope he did not get poisoned or otherwise assassinated: 69, it's not a very old age to die.

 

[CompusMentus]

Once one of the most (unintentionally) amusing mediums out there.


Compus

 

[JayUtah]

I hope he did not get poisoned or otherwise assassinated...

What evidence suggests this happened?

69, it's not a very old age to die.

My father passed away at age 66 from natural causes. Yes, that's younger than the median life expectancy, but certainly not outside some magical window.

 

[CompusMentus]

He seemed to have displayed some interest, and devoted some time to Michael Jackson and to Madeleine McCann

Displayed some peculiar interest in Mary and "Richard" too





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Compus

 

[Michel H]

What evidence suggests this happened?

No real evidence, but you never know.

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However, Acorah died in Southport, in North West England.

 

[JayUtah]

No real evidence, but you never know.

Evidence is what lets us know. Death is inevitable. If you can present no evidence of foul play, why did you immediately go there?

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[alfaniner]

I imagine him trapped there in the Phantom Zone, pounding on the barrier but unable to contact anyone on this side because he was the only one who could do it from here.

 

[Michel H]

Evidence is what lets us know. Death is inevitable. If you can present no evidence of foul play, why did you immediately go there?

I am not aware of any foul play. However, the public study of parapsychology is perhaps not the best method to make friends in some areas.

 

[JayUtah]

I am not aware of any foul play.

I know you aren't, which is why I asked why you immediately suggested he had been assassinated by poisoning? Will you please answer that question?

However, the public study of parapsychology is perhaps not the best method to make friends in some areas.

Well, yes, being overtly controversial in one's public life may attract all kinds of attention. What evidence do you have that it makes assassination a real threat?

 

[smartcooky]

I'll bet he didn't see that coming!

 

[Michel H]

Well, yes, being overtly controversial in one's public life may attract all kinds of attention. What evidence do you have that it makes assassination a real threat?

Sometimes, little problems can develop badly.

 

[JayUtah]

Sometimes, little problems can develop badly.

You're not providing the evidence I asked for. You're just one-upping the claim. Can you show any evidence that assassination is a credible threat for someone claiming to have supernatural ability?

 

[Michel H]

You're not providing the evidence I asked for. You're just one-upping the claim. Can you show any evidence that assassination is a credible threat for someone claiming to have supernatural ability?

I am not aware of any such evidence (initially, I was just "hoping" for something, noting he was not very old). However, when you try to defend some ideas that some don't like, you may sometimes face some minor hostility (for example, when you order some healthy food, you find that it has oddly been replaced by less healthy food). Better be careful.

 

[JayUtah]

I am not aware of any such evidence...

Then -- I ask for the third time -- why did you immediately suggest assassination by poisoning?

initially, I was just "hoping" for something, noting he was not very old.

You were "hoping" he had been assassinated? Why on Earth would you hope for something like that?

Faced with the fact that someone died younger than the coarse life expectancy, you could have considered a sudden illness, an accident, or any number of the customary causes for premature death. But instead you jumped to one that almost never occurs, and you assert it knowing that you have no evidence it happened that way. Can you please defend that reasoning?

However, when you try to defend some ideas that some don't like...

You're handwaving about vague generalities. I asked for evidence, not for you to amplify the claim and beg the question. Will you either provide the evidence I asked for or retract the suggestion?

 

[Michel H]

Then -- I ask for the third time -- why did you immediately suggest assassination by poisoning?



You were "hoping" he had been assassinated? Why on Earth would you hope for something like that?

Faced with the fact that someone died younger than the coarse life expectancy, you could have considered a sudden illness, an accident, or any number of the customary causes for premature death. But instead you jumped to one that almost never occurs, and you assert it knowing that you have no evidence it happened that way. Can you please defend that reasoning?



You're handwaving about vague generalities. I asked for evidence, not for you to amplify the claim and beg the question. Will you either provide the evidence I asked for or retract the suggestion?

I feel I have fully answered to you, JayUtah. Note also I did not hope he had been assassinated (as you incorrectly stated, with a question mark), but that he had not been assassinated.

 

[JayUtah]

I feel I have fully answered to you, JayUtah.

That's for me to decide, since they're my questions. And no, you have not fully answered them. You haven't even partially answered them. So I will continue pressing you for those answers until I get them.

You're the one making veiled accusations of murder without the slightest hint of evidence to support them. Is it not therefore you whose behavior is suspicious here?

Note also I did not hope he had been assassinated (as you incorrectly stated, with a question mark), but that he had not been assassinated.

You're dodging the point. You immediately raised the suspicion that he may have been assassinated. When pressed, you will neither support that suspicion with evidence nor retract it. I want you to explain that behavior to us, please.