Ex-Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc pays tribute to ‘true talent and friend’ Ken Block

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Former Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc has paid tribute to American rally driver Ken Block as a “true talent and friend taken far too soon” following his death at the age of 55. My condolences to your family.” Fellow former host James May also paid tribute, writing: “RIP Ken Block, with thanks for some hilarious days out. RIP.” Announcing his death on Instagram on Monday, Block’s team Hoonigan Racing said: “It’s with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today. RIP @kblock43.” Tributes also came from former Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, who said he was “shocked and devastated”, and TV chef James Martin, who tweeted a photo of Block’s car airborne following a jump.