What is John McCririck?
{{Infobox person |name = John McCririck |image = John McCririck 2 (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = McCririck in 2006 |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|4|17}} |birth_place = [[Surbiton]], Surrey, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|7|5|1940|4|17}} |death_place = [[London]], England |occupation = [[Horse racing|Horse racing pundit]], journalist, presenter |years_active = 1978–2019 |spouse = {{marriage|Jenny McCririck|1971}} }} '''John McCririck''' (17 April 1940 &ndash; 5 July 2019) was an English television [[horse racing]] [[pundit (politics)|pundit]], journalist and presenter. He began his career in journalism at ''[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)|The Sporting Life]]'', where he twice won at the [[British Press Awards]]. He joined the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'', but was later fired by the newspaper. During 1984 and 1985, horse racing moved from ITV to [[Channel 4]] as ''[[Channel 4 Racing]]''. In early 2018, McCririck suffered from [[pneumonia]], which caused a dramatic weight loss.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Bea |title=John McCririck shocks Big Brother's Bit on the Side viewers with huge weight loss |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/big-brother/news/a867727/john-mccririck-big-brother-bit-on-the-side-weight-loss-health/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=([[Hearst Magazines UK]]) |access-date=5 October 2018 |date=5 October 2018}}</ref> He died on 5 July 2019 at a hospital in [[London]] at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/05/john-mccririck-dies-aged-79-10119406/ |title=Celebrity Big Brother and racing star John McCririck dies aged 79 |publisher=Metro |access-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190705100733/https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/05/john-mccririck-dies-aged-79-10119406/ |archive-date=5 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The cause of death was [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/john-mccririck-dead-horse-racing-broa