TV presenter Magenta Devine has died at the age of 61. TV presenter Magenta Devine has died at the age of 61. Magenta Devine (handout)Born Kim Taylor in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in 1957, Devine became a star in the 1980s on Channel 4’s short-lived but memorable cult youth show Network 7. Her other TV credits included presenting ITV documentary series Young, Gifted and Broke, and the On Screen cinema review programme on the BBC’s World Service Radio network. Street-Porter paid tribute to her on Twitter, describing Devine as “a brilliant presenter, a one-off who always made everything we did together utterly memorable xxx”.

Source: Irish Independent March 06, 2019 16:18 UTC