{"id":785876,"date":"2026-09-29T01:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785876\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:44:12","slug":"michael-wynn-jones-husband-of-delia-smith-dies-aged-85-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785876\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wynn-Jones, husband of Delia Smith, dies aged 85 | UK news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Michael Wynn-Jones, the journalist and husband of the TV chef <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/deliasmith\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delia Smith<\/a>, has died at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Wynn-Jones was honorary life president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/norwichcity\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norwich City<\/a> football club, which said everyone at the club was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The club said in statement: \u201cMichael died peacefully at home on Monday morning, aged 85. He will be greatly missed. His family are grateful for the wonderful care provided by the community nursing team at St Elizabeth hospice in Ipswich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cOur deepest condolences are with Delia and Tom [Smith, the couple\u2019s nephew], and with all of Michael\u2019s family, friends and loved ones. At the family\u2019s request, we ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Wynn-Jones lived with Smith near Stowmarket in Suffolk and they had been married for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The couple oversaw several promotions to the Premier League for the Canaries, putting the club on a solid financial footing. Smith had a more prominent, public role at Norwich City but Wynn-Jones was reportedly regarded as a trusted adviser and influential figure in the boardroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Darren Huckerby, a former player for the club, posted a tribute saying Wynn-Jones \u201cstayed out of the limelight but all at Norwich City FC owe him so much\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Wynn-Jones worked as a journalist for titles including the Daily Mirror and the Spectator and founded his own publishing company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He began attending Norwich City games in April 1955 at the age of 13. He wrote fondly of the club\u2019s unlikely run to the FA Cup semi-final in 1959.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Norwich City Fans Social Club said in a statement: \u201cAll of us at NCFSC are devastated to hear the news about Michael Wynn-Jones passing. Michael is a true NCFC legend and what he did for the club cannot be underestimated. We are thinking of Delia, Tom and all of Michael\u2019s family at this incredibly sad time. Rest in peace, Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Delia Smith previously told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Desert Island Discs that she and Wynn-Jones bonded over their passion for food and football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2021\/jul\/30\/tv-chef-delia-smith-lets-her-husband-cook-if-he-sticks-to-the-recipe\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in 2021<\/a> she rarely cooked at home, leaving Wynn-Jones to hover over the stove while she went \u201cto the end of the garden\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Wynn-Jones, the journalist and husband of the TV chef Delia Smith, has died at the age of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-785876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}