Friends and family of an international TV executive who died last month have helped to raise more than £6,000 for a charity helping to fight a bone marrow disease.

Eddie Nelson, from Addingham, was a senior vice president for Sony Pictures Television, and oversaw pay TV channels from the London office.

Mr Nelson, who was 42, had suffered from the bone marrow disease aplastic anaemia, for a decade. His funeral was held at the Priory Church, at Bolton Abbey, followed by a gathering at Ilkley Rugby Club.

Now family and friends are trying to raise money for the Aplastic Anaemia Trust, which had helped Mr Nelson during his illness.

So far, a total of £6,780 has been donated to the cause via a page set up in Mr Nelson’s memory at justgiving.com/Eddie-Nelson.

A message on the website describes Mr Nelson, who was married to Michelle and had two daughters, Bee and Camille, as “charismatic, kind, wickedly funny and quite brilliant.”

Professionally, Mr Nelson established his career in the television industry through the formats distribution business where he distributed formats such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? throughout the Asia Pacific region.

He was previously managing director of Free Range Media International and held senior positions at Leo Burnett Asia Pacific and NBC Asia in Hong Kong.

Andy Kaplan, SPT president of worldwide network, paid tribute to Mr Nelson.

“Eddie was smart and charismatic, and will be greatly missed,” he said.

“He was a great guy and made me laugh every time I talked to him.”