After a four-day search, Greek officers mentioned on Sunday that they had discovered the physique of Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary maker who disappeared final week whereas on a visit on the Greek island of Symi.
His physique was discovered on a seashore in Agia Marina, mentioned the mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakalodoukas.
His disappearance had prompted an intensive search that referred to as in firefighters, law enforcement officials and volunteers. The authorities additionally used canines and drones, and the Greek coast guard additionally joined the hassle as fears escalated that Mr. Mosley had drifted out to sea.
Mr. Mosley, 67, a BBC journalist, had arrived on Tuesday on Symi, a part of the Dodecanese islands within the Aegean Sea, for a weeklong journey. He advised buddies at Agios Nikolaos seashore on Wednesday afternoon that he would stroll again to his lodging in Symi city, the native authorities mentioned.
The stroll is about two miles, relying on the route taken. When hours had handed with no signal of Mr. Mosley, his spouse, Clare Bailey Mosley, reported him lacking to the police.
Search efforts shifted north, towards Agia Marina, on Friday after footage emerged from safety cameras within the village of Pedi — about midway between Agios Nikolaos and Symi city — exhibiting what seemed to be Mr. Mosley carrying an umbrella.
The terrain within the north, above Agia Marina, is considerably extra rugged and harmful.
The police mentioned that Mr. Mosley didn’t have his cellphone on him through the stroll, and was final seen by a witness at a bus cease in Pedi.
Over time, many British viewers relied on Mr. Mosley, a longtime investigator of science and well being, for his myth-busting recommendation on food regimen, train and sleep. Educated as a health care provider earlier than venturing into tv, Mr. Mosley hosted the favored BBC well being podcast “Simply One Factor” and appeared on the present “Belief Me, I’m A Physician.”
He produced quite a lot of well being and science packages for the broadcaster, and sometimes provided himself up for experimentation within the documentaries he introduced. He swallowed parasites and trialed magic mushrooms, however he was most generally identified for popularizing the 5:2 food regimen, a type of intermittent fasting that entails 5 days of regular consuming and two days of fasting every week.
He was nominated in 2002 for an Emmy for “The Human Face,” a sequence inspecting the science behind magnificence.
Extra just lately, he had launched two sequence with the British Channel 4 broadcaster investigating weight problems in Britain and the vitamin behind the grocery procuring of on a regular basis customers. He had toured Britain this yr together with his spouse, additionally a health care provider and well being columnist, with an interactive dwell present targeted on wholesome residing.
