Disgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital following a heart attack after collapsing in prison.<\/p>\n
The 74-year-old had been serving eight years in a Cambridgeshire jail for historical sex offences.<\/p>\n
It is understood he collapsed in his cell last Thursday while trying to clean it, then again the following day.<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n
A Prison Service spokesperson said the safety and welfare of people in custody was “top priority”. Clifford was serving his sentence at Littlehay prison.<\/p>\n
His daughter said that he was trying to clean his prison cell when he collapsed, adding “it was just too much”.<\/p>\n
“Next day he collapsed again and was unconscious for several minutes – though he doesn’t know how long.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"