and a son, but their marriage collapsed in 1969, and the couple finally divorced in 1972. Their actress daughter Emma Jacobs featured in The Stud (1978), a film in which she played Alex Khaled, daughter of Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins). His life was marred by several tragic events. Jeremy, his 19-year-old son, was killed in Israel during 1972 in a car accident while engaged in charity work. In 1975, Jacobs survived a car accident in Spain in which his pregnant second wife, Caroline (née Munro), whom he had married earlier that year, and Caroline Marsh, wife of politician Richard Marsh, were killed. With journalist Sue Freeman, he co-wrote a memoir of her, Caroline (1978). Jacobs' marriage to Lindsay Stuart-Hutcheson lasted from 1979 until his death in 2013. Death Jacobs died at home at the age of 87 on 2 September 2013, surrounded by his family. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and had also been treated for liver cancer since at least 2011. References External links Short biography Radio Rewind audio & biography 1920s births 2013 deaths People from Streatham BBC Radio 2 presenters British radio DJs British radio personalities British television presenters Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at the Strand School Radio Luxembourg (English) presenters Place of death missing Royal Navy personnel of World War II English Jews Top of the Pops presenters