Michael Baggott, an antiques expert who appeared on the BBC show Flog It! has sadly died after suffering a heart attack following a stroke in October
Flog It! star Michael Baggott has died in hospital after suffering a heart attack just months after having a stroke.
The BBC antiques expert had been in hospital since October, a statement posted on his social media confirmed. “Heartbroken to share that Michael died yesterday in hospital of a heart attack following a stroke in October,” the post read. He was a dearly loved son, brother, nephew and uncle who will be deeply and profoundly missed. There will be a memorial service in the coming weeks, the details of which will be shared here.”
Bargain Hunt and Antiques Roadshow star Charles Hanson was among those paying tribute. “Rest in peace @baggottsilver A giant of our antique industry, our ‘Arthur Negus ‘ and never afraid to call out ‘an expert’ who got it wrong including myself. Michael’s thirst for knowledge for the ‘object within’ merited far more TV time too for a true and proper expert.”
According to the British Heart Foundation, there are approximately 100,000 hospital admissions in the UK each year due to heart attacks, which translates to roughly one heart attack every five minutes. Around 1.4 million people alive in the UK today have survived a heart attack.
More than a million people in the UK today have heart failure. Spotting the signs of a heart attack can be vital in saving someone’s life, with the NHS urging people to call 999 as soon as these symptoms are spotted.
Symptoms of a heart attack
Symptoms of a heart attack can include:
- chest pain – a feeling of pressure, heaviness, tightness or squeezing across your chest
- pain in other parts of the body – it can feel as if the pain is spreading from your chest to your arms (usually the left arm, but it can affect both arms), jaw, neck, back and tummy
- feeling lightheaded or dizzy
- sweating
- shortness of breath
- feeling sick (nausea) or being sick (vomiting)
- an overwhelming feeling of anxiety (similar to a panic attack)
- coughing or wheezing
The chest pain is often severe, but some people may only experience minor pain, similar to indigestion. While the most common symptom is chest pain, symptoms can vary from person to person.
Other symptoms include shortness of breath, feeling or being sick and back or jaw pain without any chest pain. Call 999 immediately if you think someone might be having a heart attack. The faster you act, the better their chances.
Birmingham-born Michael had left fans worried in early December after sharing a series of videos from his hospital bed. The BBC One antiques specialist told his social media followers that he had been bed bound at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham for five weeks after suffering a stroke.
In a worrying series of clips posed to his X account, he claimed he had hardly been given any water and was “dying of thirst'”. Filming himself, he told fans: “It’s been a week now and I’ve been able to take fluids for two days. I was left without any water at all and have become badly dehydrated.
“For the last three days, I’ve been given a litre of water, which has been insufficient to stop me being dehydrated. The gaps between being given water have been 15 hours, 17 hours with no water, 12 hours with no water and currently 15 hours with no water intravenous.”
