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汤米·沃尔什享年69岁：将建筑技艺带上电视的建筑工人

他的经纪人表示，他因长期患病而平静离世。从哈克尼的一家建筑公司到《Ground Force》，沃尔什以实践经验奠定了自己的电视事业。

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在电视界还不知道该如何使用汤米·沃尔什时，他早已懂得如何建造。他在哈克尼经营一家建筑公司，后来在《Ground Force》中积累的实践经验，成为他主持生涯的基石；在这段生涯中，他改造花园、修缮住宅并讲解翻修。经纪人证实，沃尔什去世，享年69岁。⁠1⁠23

他的死讯于2026年11月9日公布。经纪人黛比·席瑟告诉新闻协会，他在家人陪伴下，因长期患病而平静离世。声明没有说明他去世的确切日期或地点。⁠3

汤米在家人陪伴下，因长期患病而平静离世。由于这一切刚刚发生，我们恳请大家尊重家人的隐私。

沃尔什的经纪人黛比·席瑟 19

沃尔什最为人熟知的是在1997年至2005年间与艾伦·蒂奇马什和查理·丁莫克共同出演《Ground Force》。后来，他于2021年加入《Homes Under the Hammer》。在这些节目中，他的资历格外直截了当：观众看着他谈论的工作，他早在镜头对准他之前就已亲手做过。⁠1

电视生涯之前的职业

他本人谈起入行经历时，回溯到了童年。2008年7月23日刊登于《This is Money》的一次采访中，沃尔什回忆道：“我五六岁时，星期六早上常和爸爸一起干活。”那是他早期接触工作的经历，而不是发现表演抱负的故事。⁠8

2015年接受《Press and Journal》采访时，谈到自己的起步，他再次说：“我从小就一直喜欢和爸爸一起干建筑行业的活”。当被问及如何入行时，他的回答更简单：“首先，是跟爸爸一起干活。”这种延续性很重要。建筑并非他后来采用的电视形象，而是让他在电视上发挥作用的经验。⁠10

机会来自一项住宅修复工程。沃尔什当时正在修缮一位BBC制片人的住宅；这位制片人正在为后来成为《Ground Force》的节目构思创意。她请他评估几段试播片，而他的回应并不是一个想谋求主持工作的人会给出的那种谨慎委婉的评价。⁠1

“她让我看看几段试播片。其中一段是《Ground Force》的前身，名叫《Over the Garden Wall》，”他在2004年告诉BBC。他的评价是：“看着就像油漆变干一样——糟透了。”⁠1

他说，自己曾三次拒绝出演的机会。最终说服他的是当时八岁的女儿：她和学校里的一个男孩打了10英镑的赌，赌爸爸会上电视。这段让他成为英国家庭熟悉面孔的职业生涯，就这样在相当勉强的情况下开始了——还附带一笔他能帮女儿赢下的小赌注。⁠1

在《Ground Force》中，蒂奇马什、丁莫克和沃尔什为普通公众改造花园。沃尔什为这项结合园艺与建造的工作提供建筑方面的专业知识。他的贡献让改造不止于种植规划：花园也是一个需要建造的空间。⁠1

其中一个项目让团队远离了该系列常见的家庭花园。2000年，他们为纳尔逊·曼德拉打造了一座花园。沃尔什在接受BBC第五台直播电台采访、回忆那期特别节目时说，很难有经历能“超越”那次体验。这是他本人对其重要性的衡量，而非后来强加于他职业生涯的一项荣誉。⁠6

工作始终是贯穿其中的主线

《Ground Force》是他最知名的节目平台，但并非他电视工作的全部。他主持过《Challenge Tommy Walsh》《Clean It》《Fix It》以及《Cowboys and Angels》。其他节目还包括《Tommy Walsh’s Eco House》《Tommy’s DIY Survival》《Trading Places》《Space Invaders》和《Fix Your House For Free》。他还出版过DIY书籍。不同节目不断回到同一主题：人们可以怎样改善自己的居住环境。⁠1

《Homes Under the Hammer》将他的经验带入了另一档成熟的翻修节目。BBC于2020年11月18日宣布他与雅姬·约瑟夫加盟，与马丁·罗伯茨、迪翁·都柏林和马特尔·麦克斯韦尔组成主持团队。他于2021年正式亮相节目：宣布加盟和荧屏首秀发生在不同年份。⁠21⁠1

有关他晚年病情的公开信息仍然有限。BBC报道称，沃尔什此前于2022年接受了喉癌手术，并于2023年接受了肺癌手术。这些是关于既往治疗的报道，并不能证实他的死因。席瑟的声明没有指出具体的医疗原因。⁠1⁠19

沃尔什的职业生涯对电视上的专业知识作出了一个朴实却持久的诠释：他的路径是先亲自干活，再讲解如何干活，而非反过来。从花园改造到住宅修缮和房产翻修，场景变化多于其根本目的。观众观看的理由，始终是这位建筑工人。

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  1. Tommy Walsh has died aged 69. The builder became a familiar face through Ground Force and Homes Under the Hammer. His agent, Debbie Schiesser, says he died peacefully after a long illness, surrounded by his family.
  2. How did a builder with a business in Hackney become a familiar face in Britain's homes?
  3. Walsh ran a building business in Hackney before television came along. His experience reached back into childhood. He remembered helping his father on Saturday mornings from the age of five or six, years before viewers knew his name.
  4. In 2008, he recalled, “I used to work with my dad on a Saturday morning when I was age five or six.” Seven years later, he described how much he'd enjoyed working with his father in the building industry. Asked how he'd started, his answer was simple. “First, it was working with my dad.”
  5. A house restoration brought him his television opportunity. The owner was a producer developing ideas for what became Ground Force. She asked Walsh to assess a couple of pilot programmes, including one called Over the Garden Wall. His verdict was blunt. “It was like watching paint dry - it was terrible.” He initially turned down the chance to appear three times.
  6. His eight-year-old daughter helped change his mind. Walsh recalled that she'd made a £10 bet with a boy at school that her father would be on television. He accepted the opportunity, and the builder became part of a garden-makeover team.
  7. Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock became his Ground Force co-presenters. Together, they transformed gardens belonging to members of the public. Walsh supplied the building expertise that helped turn those plans into finished spaces. Gardening and practical construction became the combination viewers associated with him.
  8. Walsh appeared on Ground Force from 1997 to 2005, including the 2000 garden for Nelson Mandela. His Homes Under the Hammer recruitment was announced in November 2020, and he joined in 2021. Those dates mark the announcement and his arrival.
  9. The garden for Nelson Mandela stood out even to Walsh himself. Looking back, he said it would be hard to “top” that experience. The special took the team's work beyond the domestic gardens that had made the programme familiar.
  10. His later career kept returning to homes and the work needed to improve them. He fronted Challenge Tommy Walsh, Clean It, Fix It, and Cowboys and Angels. He also published DIY books, carrying practical advice beyond the programmes themselves.
  11. His other programmes included Tommy Walsh's Eco House and Tommy's DIY Survival. Trading Places, Space Invaders and Fix Your House For Free added to that range. Across those titles, building, repairs and improving people's living spaces remained the recurring work.
  12. Homes Under the Hammer brought him into another established renovation programme in 2021. The recruitment announcement, issued on November 18 the previous year, named Walsh and Jacqui Joseph as additions to the presenting team. They joined Martin Roberts, Dion Dublin and Martel Maxwell.
  13. Walsh had previously undergone throat cancer surgery in 2022 and lung cancer surgery in 2023. He reportedly made a full recovery from the earlier throat cancer. His agent hasn't named the illness that caused his death.
  14. His route into television grew directly out of the building work he already knew. That experience connected the garden makeovers, home repairs and property renovation that shaped his career.
  15. Schiesser announced his death in a statement made public on November 9. She said his family had been with him, and asked everyone to respect their privacy.

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