Luis Troyano Dies: ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Finalist & Author Was 48
Luis Troyano, a finalist and audience favorite on Season Five of The Great British Bake Off, has died from esophageal cancer. He was 48.
His death was announced today by his agent Anne Kibel, who tweeted, “Sadly, my lovely client lost his brave fight against Oesophageal cancer last week. A fantastic man with a love of baking that saw him get to the finals of Gbbo, write a wonderful book, Bake It Great and do so much more. Always in our thoughts.”
Broadcast in the U.K. on Channel 4, the retitled The Great British Baking Show also is available on Netflix. Season 5 aired in the U.K. in 2014, and is included in Netflix’s Collection 1.
Troyano, a marketing manager with the city council of Salford, U.K., tweeted about his cancer last April, writing, “A year ago today I had my cancer surgery and an awful tumour removed that would have killed me.
His death was announced today by his agent Anne Kibel, who tweeted, “Sadly, my lovely client lost his brave fight against Oesophageal cancer last week. A fantastic man with a love of baking that saw him get to the finals of Gbbo, write a wonderful book, Bake It Great and do so much more. Always in our thoughts.”
Broadcast in the U.K. on Channel 4, the retitled The Great British Baking Show also is available on Netflix. Season 5 aired in the U.K. in 2014, and is included in Netflix’s Collection 1.
Troyano, a marketing manager with the city council of Salford, U.K., tweeted about his cancer last April, writing, “A year ago today I had my cancer surgery and an awful tumour removed that would have killed me.
- 11/3/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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