BBC star Hugh Wallace has died aged 68, his husband has confirmed.

The TV presenter and Dublin architect was best known for presenting a range of property programmes, including Irish broadcaster RTÉ’s Home of the Year as a long-standing judge and BBC series The Great House Revival.

In a post on Wallace’s Instagram account, his husband Martin Corbett, wrote: ‘It is with deep sadness and shock that I share the news that my beloved husband and soulmate, Hugh Wallace, passed away at home last night. I am heartbroken.’

No cause of death has been revealed.

The late media personality was also a founding partner of architectural firm Douglas Wallace Consultants.

A statement on the website said: ‘It is with deep sadness and shock that we share the news that our beloved Hugh Wallace. We ar

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