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Dr Michael Mosley once saved the life of a woman who had collapsed in the BBC offices by performing CPR on her, the health guru's co-presenter has revealed.
The much-loved Mail columnist rushed to the aid of the woman when he saw her fall to the floor in the corridors and performed the life-saving resuscitation for half an hour.
Dr Hannah Fry, his co-presenter on The Great British Intelligence Test and a Coronavirus Special, revealed the modest Dr Mosley 'brushed it off' when she asked him about it.
Talking on BBC1's The One Show about his 'extraordinary' actions, Dr Fry said: 'There was this rumour going around that once Michael had saved somebody's life in the office.
'I went and approached him about. I was like, "Tell me, is this true?" And he sort of brushed it off, but it was completely true. Somebody collapsed in the BBC offices, in the corridors, and he saw them collapse.
Dr Michael Mosley once saved the life of a woman who had collapsed in the BBC offices by performing CPR on her
Dr Hannah Fry, his co-presenter on The Great British Intelligence Test and a Coronavirus Special, revealed the modest Dr Mosley 'brushed it off' when she asked him about it
'He went over and performed CPR on them for half an hour until the emergency services arrived and saved her life.
'She's gone on to have two children. I mean, this extraordinary thing… You know, if it was me, I think I'd be introducing myself and first thing I'd say is, "Did you know I saved someone's life?" but for Michael, it was just part of it.'
The One Show presenter Alex Jones described Dr Mosley as a 'super generous man' as she she told how his death had been felt by millions of people all over the world who regarded him as their doctor.
She said: 'Even when he'd come on here in my early days when I was a bit shy, you always felt in such safe hands and he was so generous with tips and tricks, anything you wanted to talk about.'
The 67-year-old's shock death has rocked the nation with an outpouring of grief and tributes for the father-of-four since he was found dead on the Greek island of Symi.
His body was found following five days of searching on Sunday by a perimeter fence at the Agia Marina beach resort and just 50 yards from safety.
Police have released CCTV showing the last sighting of the doctor at 2pm last Wednesday.
The footage shows Dr Mosley clutching his distinctive purple umbrella to protect him from the fierce sun as he walks past a house with a tarpaulin covered speedboat in the drive.
Footage shows Dr Mosley, 67, walking past a house with a tarpaulin covered speedboat sitting on the road
Dr Mosley was found dead on the Greek island of Symi on Sunday morning after taking the wrong turn onto a mountain path
His body was discovered here just a mere 260ft from a beach resort and safety
He is seen heading for a trail that leads towards Agia Marina 1.5 miles away, where he died at around 4pm. He was intending to head to his holiday apartment where he was staying on Symi after being dropped off by boat at St Nicholas beach at 1.30pm.
Dr Mosley had been on the boat trip with his wife Dr Clare Bailey - but decided he wanted to walk back to their holiday apartment from St Nicholas rather than get the boat back.
Tragically, an interim coroner's report says he died two hours later from heat exhaustion after getting lost and wandering for 90 minutes over the nearby hillside in 40C heat.
The initial post-mortem examination carried out by Rhodes coroner Despina Nethena showed that there was no third party involvement and no 'criminal' element involved - but a definite cause of death has yet to be established.
It is thought Dr Mosley may have sat down to gather himself after being overcome with exhaustion and by effects of the heat having taken a wrong turn down a mountain path.
Dimos Kotsidaras, police commander for Symi, said: 'It looks like cause of death was heat exhaustion after walking in high temperatures from St Nicholas to Agia Marina.'
Police and the coroner are also investigating footage from the restaurant seen by MailOnline which shows Dr Mosley wandering in a confused state for twenty minutes before collapsing last Wednesday.
In the video he appears to pause momentarily by the perimeter wall, resting one hand on it and then he loses his balance and disappears from sight.
Dr Michael Mosley carried with him a small bottle of water as he made his tragic trek across the mountains. The map above reveals his final moments
Dr Mosley pictured with his wife Clare filming at Colwyn Bay, in Wales, on May 10 just weeks before his death
This map shows the different paths across the Greek island which were available
Dr Mosley died two and a half hours after leaving his wife Dr Claire Bailey on a beach
Symi Crisis Rescue Volunteer Team posted a message of condolence to on Dr Michael Mosley's wife, children, relatives and friends for their 'tragic loss'.
It said: 'Our team was called in by island authorities to assist in the search investigation on the very first night of his disappearance and we immediately began with a first night search.
'We continued all the coming days to participate in the investigations together with firefighters, police officers and other volunteers, as always directed by the head of the investigation.
'High temperatures and rough spots made this mission particularly difficult, and unfortunately, the outcome was one we all know.'
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