RIP Steve Wright

[Maccy]

Only 69, shocked by this one

Steve Wright: Radio 2 presenter dies aged 69

The DJ hosted programmes on the BBC for more than four decades, including his popular afternoon show.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Kelt]

Only a year older than me

Another DJ I used to listen to loads.

RIP

 

[Feek]

Proper shocked by this, Coxy was in absolute pieces on the wireless straight after it was announced. Love him or loathe him, he was massive in UK and the first to bring zoo radio over here. I thought he was younger than 69.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

My god that was sudden he was only on the radio saturday afternoon. RIP.

 

[Maccy]

Sunday morning love songs is usually on in the background, and as cheesey as it is, it usually plays some crackers.

Won't be the same without him

 

[Brizzles]

Used to have Steve Wright in the afternoon playing at work for years, back in his Radio 1 days.

Sad news.

 

[200sols]

Didn't know he was ill.

RIP

 

[Raumarik]

As cheesy as his show was, I still enjoy it a lot. Old school DJ.
No doubt the BBC will now do all sorts of nonsense about celebrating his time with them despite having clearly giving him the heave ho recently.

 

[Freakbro]

What a shock, that seems out of the blue!

Loved Steve Wright in the afternoon, listened to it for years from the late 90's.

 

[SPG]

At one point it was the thing to listen to when Radio 1 was ok before it went totally by the wayside along with his show and on Radio 2 it was instant switch off.

UZI 9mm.

 

[Freakbro]

Didn't know he was ill.

RIP

Nothing about being ill in the bbc article, so it's maybe a sudden death, like heart attack.

 

[Flibster]

Do I happen to have this song on vinyl? Why yes, yes I do.

 

[cheesyboy]

Sad news

Didn't know he was ill.

RIP

Usually, not always, no cause of death means suicide.

 

[Freddie1980]

Does any remember 'Arnee and the Terminaters'? Steve Wright wrote a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Terminator 2, for a 10 year old Freddie it was the height of musical entertainment!

 

[Malevolence]

Sad news. He was an icon of 80s broadcasting.

There was a porter at work with the exact same name, and every time he announced himself on the walkies I'd reply with '...in the afternoon'.

 

[Lopéz]

Blimey, grew up with Steve Wright really, and certainly through my teenage years I was a daily listener.

I had to Google to make sure Simon Mayo is still alive after reading this!

 

[Feek]

Nothing about being ill in the bbc article, so it's maybe a sudden death, like heart attack.

From the reaction of Sara Cox on Radio 2 and from Simon Mayo on GHR, this was very unexpected. Hadn’t he just had a new show announced?

Usually, not always, no cause of death means suicide.

That’s speculation we don’t need.

 

[Flibster]

Let's not forget...

 

[wolfie138]

bever understood the celebrity status for playing records.

 

[Servo]

RIP, he was a good Dj and had some good laughs with him