YoungWillz 20,918 Posted August 29, 2023 Simon Bates reports that Jamie Crick, broadcaster on Radio 3, Classic FM and Jazz FM, has died: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted August 29, 2023 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Simon Bates reports that Jamie Crick, broadcaster on Radio 3, Classic FM and Jazz FM, has died: BBC report, Jamie Crick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,918 Posted September 20, 2023 Report that Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí, Irish language radio personality and a pick in the quarter finals (?) of the Deathlist Cup, has succumbed to his bout with colon cancer: https://www.newstalk.com/news/broadcaster-ronan-mac-aodha-bhui-dies-aged-53-1507804 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted September 20, 2023 Chris Evans' skin cancer has been and gone apparently. Chris Evans tells listeners he is now cancer free - BBC News 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,918 Posted October 7, 2023 Brian O'Donovan, Irish born broadcaster with more than a touch of brain cancer, reportedly dead: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-10-07/brian-odonovan-an-ambassador-for-celtic-music-and-irish-culture DDP pick. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted October 26, 2023 Elizabeth Gray, a former host of the CBC radio shows As It Happens and Cross-Country Checkup, has died. She was 86. Gray had a decades-long career in journalism. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/elizabeth-gray-obituary-1.7007786 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,918 Posted December 6, 2023 On 02/02/2016 at 03:29, Sir Creep said: Crackhead Bob, a fixture on the Howard Stern show, dead at 56. SC https://www.howardstern.com/wack-pack-contributors/24859-final-farewell-crackhead-bob-dead-56/ John Stamos reports that Ralph Cirella, make up artist and stylist for Howard Stern has died aged 58: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0gUeeIOS3N/?h=&img_index=1 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162703/ They don't last long these folk, do they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,939 Posted January 27 BBC Ulster veteran Walter Love dead at 88: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13013071/Veteran-BBC-broadcaster-Walter-Love-dies-aged-88-broadcasting-career-spanning-77-years-including-popular-Love-Afternoon-show.html They already did all the name jokes with his show "Love in the Afternoon". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,576 Posted January 27 Just now, gcreptile said: BBC Ulster veteran Walter Love dead at 88: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13013071/Veteran-BBC-broadcaster-Walter-Love-dies-aged-88-broadcasting-career-spanning-77-years-including-popular-Love-Afternoon-show.html They already did all the name jokes with his show "Love in the Afternoon". Gets a Mirror breaking news push notification. Not sure he was famous enough for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 729 Posted February 2 Joe Madison, talk show host known as “The Black Eagle” has died at 74. https://www.joemadison.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted February 3 Rick Howe, a long-time Nova Scotia broadcaster with a nearly-50 year career, has died. He was 69. Howe retired in 2021. https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/rick-howe-beloved-nova-scotia-broadcaster-has-died-1.6751111 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted February 12 Bob Edwards, who spent nearly 25 years as the host of National Public Radio's 'Morning Edition', has died. He was 76. https://apnews.com/article/edwards-npr-morning-edition-611d8997701aa207c37ba7d44e6940cf 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 729 Posted February 13 Bob Edwards had one of the greatest radio voices ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,939 Posted February 22 Dave Gray, longtime host for BBC Radio Orkney, dead after a short illness: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/bbc-radio-star-dies-brief-32189800 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted March 7 Anthony 'Domino' Lini, who worked as a deejay in a number of big American markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta and was working in Florida, has died. He was 61. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/265723/radio-remembers-anthony-domino-lini/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted March 10 Andrew Turner, a former BBC newsreader and journalist, has died. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/03/former-broadcaster-and-newsreader-andrew-turner-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted March 10 Kathryn Davies, a former presenter for the BBC World Service of flagship programs, has died. She was 79. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/06/kathryn-davies-obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted March 20 George Garrett, a Metro Vancouver radio reporter for four decades, has died. He was 89. https://globalnews.ca/news/10369960/george-garrett-cknw-reporter-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted March 20 On 11/06/2006 at 19:35, maryportfuncity said: For the busy DL'er facing too many choices in too little time, this is the thread to provide advance warning of media coverage of those we might like to 'research.' Studs Terkel - 94 year old author, still chucking them out - is on The Culture Show, BBC2, next Saturday, repeated Sunday. Maybe I've slightly misunderstood the nature of this thread, but it makes me think of Michael Caine. The media seem to have been prepping what his obits will be for about four decades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted March 20 2 hours ago, millwall32 said: Maybe I've slightly misunderstood the nature of this thread, but it makes me think of Michael Caine. The media seem to have been prepping what his obits will be for about four decades. Aye, the thread's become what it's become - but the original intention almost two decades ago was as a kind of dead poolers' Radio Times, with us all tipping each other form studying opportunities ahead of time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted March 31 So, I'll misuse the thread now, then Paul Chantler, sometime presenter on radio, longtime executive and general wheeler dealer, dead: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/tributes-paid-after-death-of-influential-uk-radio-executive-304320/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted May 1 Wally Scott, probably not well known to anyone outside the Merseyside area but for those of a certain age he will forever be associated with Sunday mid-mornings due to co-presenting Hold Your Plums with Billy Butler. Tributes to BBC radio presenter who 'made Merseyside laugh' - BBC News Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 729 Posted May 3 Tony Pigg, longtime New York disk jockey who also was the announcer on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, dead at 85 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/tony-pigg-dead-wplj-new-york-1235887567/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted May 31 Bob Mackowycz Sr., a noted Canadian radio personality and programmer best associated with Toronto rock station CILQ-FM (Q107), has died. His son, Bob Mackowycz Jr., followed in his broadcasting footsteps and is also a musician and writer. https://broadcastdialogue.com/legendary-personality-and-programmer-bob-mackowycz-sr-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted June 10 https://www.cheknews.ca/we-miss-him-beloved-victoria-radio-host-dylan-willows-dies-of-cancer-1208133/ Canadian DJ Dylan Willows. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
