Dr Michael Mosley's wife issues emotional tribute to beloved husband - and makes promise

Dr Michael Mosley's wife has posted an emotional tribute on social media thanking everyone for their ‘outpouring of love’.

The beloved TV personality and doctor went missing on the Greek Island of Symi on 4 June, resulting in a huge search and rescue operation over several days.

Mosley, 67, sadly died after his spouse Dr Clare Bailey confirmed his body was found on June 9 in a rocky area near Agia Marina beach.

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Tributes have been flooding in since the devastating news , with people ailing the late TV broadcaster, producer and columnist a ‘national treasure’.

Taking to Instagram this morning, Clare Bailey Mosley posted: “Thank you all for your wonderfully supportive messages. The outpouring of love from so many people has meant a huge amount to me and my family.

“I'm going to be quiet for a while. I’m sure you will understand. But I will be back here soon. I very much want to continue with the work that gave Michael and myself so much joy and such a sense of purpose.

“Once more thank you so much for respecting my family's privacy so kindly. Michael was an amazing man. Thank you for seeing that too. We miss him so much."

Mosley trained as a doctor and then began his career in TV on the popular science show Tomorrow’s World but it was a 1994 edition of the flagship science series Horizon that was the turning point in his career, with the Ulcer Wars documentary.

Mosley is credited with popularising the 5:2 diet, a form of intermittent fasting, through his book The Fast Diet, and later advocated for The Fast 800 diet, which follows a “moderately low-carb, Mediterranean-style diet”.

He later did a Horizon: The Truth About Sleep special where