TV presenter Magenta Devine, known for her appearances on Channel 4's Network 7 and BBC Two's Rough Guides to the World, has died after a short illness
The TV presenter was rarely seen without her trademark sunglasses
Her other credits include presenting ITV documentary series Young, Gifted and Broke from 1999 to 2001. She is survived by her father Gerald Taylor, her sisters Gillian and Georgina and her brother Nicholas. She had no children.Sankha Guha, who worked with Devine on the Rough Guide series and other programmes, said she was"an icon for a generation... who invited attention and sometimes hostility for her bold look and style".
According to Guha, Devine was representative of the"yoof" TV genre,"a new kind of television that had attitude, irreverence and a commitment to telling it like it is.
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