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Sue Baker: Former Top Gear host dies aged 67 after motor neurone disease battle

Tributes have been paid to Sue Baker, the motoring journalist best known for her role as one of the original presenters of Top Gear, after her death at the age of 67.

Baker, who joined the original format of the TV series in 1980, died on Monday morning after suffering with motor neurone disease (MND), her family said.

She was a presenter on Top Gear for 11 years and appeared on more than 100 episodes of the car programme until 1991. She then left to continue her work as a motoring journalist.

In a career that included setting up and running the Motor Racing News Service, based at the Kent motor racing track Brands Hatch, she was the Observer’s motoring editor for 13 years,

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