BBC Worldwide today announced that it was postponing indefinitely the publication of Mr Michael Barrymore's autobiography.
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The announcement comes after the family of Mr Stuart Lubbock, the man found dead in the entertainer's swimming pool last year, appealed to BBC Worldwide not to publish the entertainer's autobiography.
BBC Worldwide changed its mind about publishing the book amid mounting criticism about the sensitive timing.
The company acquired the rights to the book two years ago as part of their strand of publishing celebrity autobiographies. An advance was paid to Mr Barrymore at the time.
In a statement, the BBC said: "A decision about whether the book will ever be published will be taken at a stage when reported legal issues, including those surrounding the inquest in to the death of Stuart Lubbock, have been clarified".
The autobiography, commissioned in 2000 and called Running Away From Myself, would have been published in October.
A BBC spokesman had said the book would not contain any details that had not already been aired to the coroner and police.