Mystic Meg: Astrologer dies aged 80

TV astrologer Margaret Lake, amended known arsenic Mystic Meg, has died aged 80.

She was a well-known TV fig successful the 1990s, appearing connected the National Lottery, and has written horoscopes for the Sun for much than 2 decades.

According to the newspaper, Lake died successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday greeting aft being admitted to infirmary past period aft suffering from flu.

Her cause Dave Shapland said: "Without immoderate question, she was Britain's astir celebrated astrologer by a cardinal miles.

"Nobody came adjacent to Meg successful that respect. She was followed by millions successful this state and besides astir the world.

"She adjacent became portion of the English connection - if a politician, idiosyncratic from showbiz oregon mean radical successful the thoroughfare are asked a tricky question they volition accidental 'Who bash you deliberation I am, Mystic Meg?'

"It shows what an interaction she made."

Victoria Newton, the exertion of the Sun, said: "This is devastating news. We person mislaid an icon.

"For much than 2 decades Mystic Meg has been a indispensable work file and cemented her arsenic Britain's astir celebrated astrologer.

"She was a existent nonrecreational whose guidance helped our readers regular - our postbag bears testament to this."

Lake was possibly best-known for presenting Mystic Meg Predicts connected the National Lottery from 1994 to 2000, a 45-second speechmaking during which she attempted to foretell facts astir the aboriginal lottery winner.