The popular programme, which has been running since 2011, and regularly draws audiences in excess of 4m, sees a team of home improvement experts led by Alan Titchmarsh transform properties for deserving families in difficult circumstances. 8. Their relationship for the person that they are attempting to persuade Comedian and radio personality Patrice O'Neal died at 41 with a New York-area hospital on Tuesday morning because of a stroke he suffered back in October after having a long battle with diabetes. Patrice O'Neal is survived by his wife, Vondecarlo Brown, his stepdaughter, Aymilyon, his sister, Zinder, and the mother, Georgia.