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Topics: Im a Celebrity, Darts
The SPORTbible Team
Several I'm A Celebrity campmates have sadly died since the hit ITV show began in 2002.
The show's format sees 10 celebrities initially enter the Australian jungle, before they are joined by two late arrivals.
ITV are able to attract celebrities from across the world of TV, music, film, radio, sport, modelling and more.
The show is presented by Ant and Dec, except for in 2019 when Ant was replaced by Holly Willoughby due to personal reasons.
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Six contestants have passed away since their time on the show throughout its 24-year history.
Darts legend Eric Bristow competed on I'm A Celebrity in 2012 and finished fourth.
In 2018, he suffered a heart attack while walking back to his car after attending a Premier League Darts event, and died at the age of 60.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson finished as runner-up in the very first I'm A Celebrity series broadcast in 2002.
The television personality passed away in her home in London aged 45 in 2017, with his sister telling media that the cause of death was peritonitis and a perforated ulcer.
American music promoter and later Celebrity Big Brother star David Gest entered the Australian outback in 2006, finishing in fourth place.
He passed away aged 62 in London, with his death being reported as a stroke.
Bobby Ball entered the fifth series of the show along with his long-time comedy partner Tommy Cannon. They were both late arrivals, with Ball eventually finishing in fifth place.
The Blackpool-born comedian, who was also well-loved for his role as Lee's father Frank in Not Going Out, died in hospital aged 76 in 2020 after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Cannon revealed in an interview with the Daily Mirror this year that he had accepted an offer shortly to star in a panto shortly after Ball's death, and said: "I kept looking to my right, to see if he was there, on the opening night. Just walking on was frightening. But I got a standing ovation and told the audience, 'Bob is looking down now to thank you'."
TV presenter Annabel Giles was a late entrant into the jungle in 2013, and was the first celebrity to be voted out. She died aged 64 in November 2023, four months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma - an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Comedian and actor Freddie Starr was forced to pull out of the jungle just days into his 2011 stint after suffering an allergic reaction during his time in campaign.
He died from heart disease at the age of 76 in Mijas, Spain, in 2019.