Challenge TV wishes Dale Winton happy birthday and urges him to ‘have a good one’… only for Twitter users to point out he died last year
- Challenge TV wished ‘legendary’ star Dale Winton a happy birthday on Twitter
- It told him to ‘have a good one’ – one year after he passed away at the age of 62
- Social media users pointed out the TV host had died, before tweet was deleted
Challenge TV has been mocked today after wishing the late presenter Dale Winton a ‘Happy Birthday’ and telling him to ‘have a good one’ 13 months after he passed away.
The TV channel posted the embarrassing blunder on its Twitter profile on what would have been the former Supermarket Sweep host’s 64th birthday.
The tweet reads: ‘Happy Birthday to the legendary Dale Winton! Have a good one’ – despite the star passing away last April.
Challenge TV wished the late television presenter Dale Winton a ‘Happy Birthday’ and told him to ‘have a good one’ one year after he passed away
The Supermarket Sweep host was found dead at his north London home last year
The error sparked a host of memes from social media users, pointing out the star had died a year ago
The star was found dead aged 62 last year at his house in north London, which he had moved into just weeks earlier.
His death led to an outpouring of grief from the world of showbiz and a host of stars attended his funeral last May.
RadioTimes columnist journalist Scott Bryan led the condemnation of today’s blunder with the caption: ‘Oh no.’
Other twitter users have slammed the tweet and called for it to be deleted, with one quipping: ‘Supermarket Sweep this under the rug.’
Another Twitter user said: ‘He’s dead, hun.’
‘He died, lads,’ another wrote.
The blunder amassed more than 400 retweets before being taken down after an hour.
A spokesperson for Challenge TV said: We’re sorry for any offence caused by the post on Challenge TV’s Twitter page. This was published in error and was deleted shortly after being tweeted.’
Social media users, including food critic Jay Rayner, were quick to point out the blunder
The office of Dale Winton’s long-time agent, Jan Kennedy, said the coroner investigating the death of Mr Winton found he died of natural causes.
Winton became a household name with game shows such as Supermarket Sweep, Touch The Truck and the National Lottery’s In It To Win It.
Supermarket Sweep, which saw contestants run around a mocked-up shop collecting shopping items, was a hit in the 1990s.