Overview
- Canon Jim Richardson died on Thursday 25 June at the age of 85 after a near‑decade battle with vascular dementia, following a two‑week hospital stay for heart failure, pneumonia and a collapsed lung.
- Anna Richardson said she and one of her brothers kept a bedside vigil in his final days and described intimate last moments such as feeding him grapes and tinned peaches.
- Richardson highlighted her father’s public life as a Church of England canon who travelled internationally, did interfaith work, met the Pope and received an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II.
- She framed his appearance in Channel 4’s 2024 documentary Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia as his “last great adventure” and used her tribute to press for greater help for families coping with the condition.
- Broadcast colleagues and dementia charities responded with condolences and practical signposting, renewing public focus on the need for better dementia support and resources for carers.