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By Khaleda Rahman
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A body believed to be that of missing British doctor and TV presenter Michael Mosley has been found on a Greek island, according to Greek authorities.
News of the discovery was confirmed by Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas, the mayor of the island of Symi, on Sunday morning. A formal identification is pending.
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Police launched a major search and rescue operation after Mosley, 67, went missing on Symi on Wednesday afternoon after going for a walk.
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Papakaloudoukas told The Associated Press on Sunday that he was on a private boat with members of the media when they saw a body some 20 meters above the Agia Marina beach a little after 10 a.m. "We zoomed with the cameras and saw it was him," he said.
He said that the body appeared to have fallen down a steep slope, stopping against a fence and lying face-up with a few rocks on top of it.
"It is clear from his watch and clothes that it is Dr. Mosley," police spokesperson Konstantina Dimoglou said, according to The Guardian newspaper.
Dimoglou said it was not clear how long he had been dead, but said, "What we do know is that he had walked a very long way, he was very close to his destination."
The newspaper reported that the baseball cap he was wearing and an umbrella he had been carrying were found.
BBC News reported that CCTV footage showed one of the last-known sightings of a man thought to be Mosley walking with an umbrella near the marina in the village of Pedi on Wednesday.
Mosley has four children with his wife Clare Bailey Mosley.
In a statement on Saturday, she said that the days since her husband went missing had been "unbearable."
"It has been three days since Michael left the beach to go for a walk. The longest and most unbearable days for myself and my children," Bailey told the Daily Mail.
"The search is ongoing and our family are so incredibly grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael. We will not lose hope."
Mosley is well-known in the U.K. for his regular appearances on television and radio.
He is also known for his 2013 book The Fast Diet, co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer, which prompted the 5:2 diet, a form of intermittent fasting.
Update 6/9/24, 7 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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