his own production company while continuing his career in journalism. In April 2012, it was reported that he had been receiving treatment for throat cancer. On 28 October 2021, former East Timor President José Ramos-Horta announced that Wenner had died from cancer at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, at the age of 66. References External links BBC – I Love Blue Peter – Christopher Wenner presenter biography 1954 births 2021 deaths Blue Peter presenters British male journalists British people of Swedish descent East Timorese journalists People educated at Stonyhurst College Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Recipients of the Order of Timor-Leste British expatriates in East Timor Deaths from cancer in Queensland