King also shared his thanks to the fans who have shared messages of support in recent times and asked that his family and close friends be given time to process the loss.
Myers started his working life as a make-up artist and first met King in 1995 while working on a TV drama called The Gambling Man.
Their first TV appearance together was The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook in 2004, which was part cooking show and part travel programme and in the first episode the duo rode the length of Portugal.
Subsequent shows included The Hairy Bikers Ride Again, The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain, The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, The Hairy Bikers’ Cook Off and Hairy Bikers: Best of British.
They have published more than 25 cookery books.
The pair documented their weight loss in Hairy Dieters: How To Love Food And Lose Weight, when they embarked on a campaign to lose two-and-a-half stone in three months, and comfortably passed their targets.
In January 2014, they launched The Hairy Bikers Diet Club, which includes recipes and tips to help people to live a healthier life, while not starving themselves.
Myers and King are currently on TV in the BBC Two series The Hairy Bikers Go West, which started earlier this month.
In the show they travel down the west coast from Scotland to Devon.