What is Derek Acorah?
[[File:Derek Acorah 2013 2013-11-21 01-05.jpeg|thumb|200px|Acorah in 2013]] '''Derek Francis Jason Johnson''' (27 January 1950 – 3 January 2020), better known as '''Derek Acorah''', was an [[English people|English]] self-styled [[Mediumship|spiritual medium]]. He was best known for his television work on ''[[Most Haunted]]'', shown on [[Sky Living|Living TV]] (2002–2010). Although he had a successful career in television, many people doubted Acorah's claims as a medium. He also starred in ''[[Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns]]'' from 2005 to 2006. He also starred in ''[[Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in 2017. Acorah was born in [[Bootle]], [[Liverpool]]. He was a [[footballer]] earlier in his life. He was signed to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the [[Bill Shankly]] era, but never made a first team appearance. On 3 January 2020, Acorah died of [[sepsis]] caused by [[pneumonia]] in [[Scarisbrick]], [[Lancashire]]. He was 69.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-derek-acorah-dead-aged-21210854|title=Medium Derek Acorah dead aged 69 after falling into coma from 'very brief illness'|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=4 January 2020|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Official website|http://www.derekacorah.com/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Acorah, Derek}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Deaths from sepsis]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in England]] [[Category:Celebrity Big Brother contestants]] [[Category:English footballers]] [[Category:English television personalities]] [[Category:Liverpool F.C. players]] [[Category:People from Liverpool]] [[Category:Television personalities from Lancashire]] {{Bio-stub}}