In Madison, Wisconsin, where he was a university lecturer, Nicholas Hitchon passed away from throat cancer. His life was followed in the acclaimed British Up documentary films from a precocious age of 7 in 1964 to 63 in the 2019 installment. He was 65.

His passing on July 23 was just recently reported on the University of Wisconsin website. In the series’ most recent film, 63 Up, Hitchon had discussed his struggle with cancer.

William Nicholas “Nick” Hitchon joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982, according to the university post. The year before, he had graduated from Oxford University with a Ph.D. in engineering science.

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Nick Hitchon ceased working in 2022. His first union, to Jacqueline Bush, was annulled. In 2001, he was hitched to C. Cryss Brunner. Along with two brothers, Andrew and Chris, and Adam, a child from his first marriage, she survived him.