Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital after collapsing in prison

Disgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital following a heart attack after collapsing in prison.

The 74-year-old had been serving eight years in a Cambridgeshire jail for historical sex offences.

It is understood he collapsed in his cell last Thursday while trying to clean it, then again the following day.

His daughter Louise told the Mail on Sunday he was being treated in a hospital’s critical care unit and was in a “bad way”.

Cleaning cell

A Prison Service spokesperson said the safety and welfare of people in custody was “top priority”. Clifford was serving his sentence at Littlehay prison.

His daughter said that he was trying to clean his prison cell when he collapsed, adding “it was just too much”.

“Next day he collapsed again and was unconscious for several minutes – though he doesn’t know how long.

“He was seen by a nurse, who insisted he must be transferred to a local hospital. That’s where he had his cardiac arrest, later on Friday.”

Source: bbc.co.uk