[News] Steve Wright RIP

[PeterT]

Another one from my youth gone

 

[portlock seagull]

Terrible news.

 

[banjo]

RIP no more afternoons

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Real shock. I know he got some stick on here, but Ive always really liked him, and used to listen religiously as a kid when he was on R1. Very sad news.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Used to get home from school and listen on the wireless.
Also part of the show had a bloke doing a Jagger impression which was very funny.

RIP

 

[bluenitsuj]

Shocked!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Bloody hell…that has totally blindsided me!

I grew up listening to Steve Wright in the afternoon, and Friday afternoons were always were his!

loved his shows, even his cheesy Sunday love songs , again a Sunday morning staple for A large listening audience.

truly shocked at hearing this news

 

[dolphins]

Blimey - had to look up which one (UK DJ or US comedian) and it was the former. Sad news...

 

[Flounce]

Shocked to hear this. He did look very overweight from when he first appeared but even so..

 

[Wozza]

I still remember - and often quote - some of his afternoon sketches.

RIP

 

[Beach Hut]

Happy memory of Steve Wright when working for BR.

We were sat on the sunny platform at Hassocks on shift but an ASLEF strike day so no trains and Jimmy Knapp was ASLEF leader. On the Steve Wright in the afternoon Radio 1 show boomed "Jimmy, Jimmy oh Jimmy Knapp when will the trains be back", very funny at the time.

 

[Eeyore]

Mainly remember his Saturday lunchtimes in the early 80s. Became a staple of the afternoon after that. Must have been sudden. Sad news. RIP

 

[Official Old Man]

Shocked.
Where on earth did that come from? Was he ill?
69 years old.
We mostly agreed his time on R2 was up but expected him on another national 'oldies' station somewhere.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Used to get home from school and listen on the wireless.
Also part of the show had a bloke doing a Jagger impression which was very funny.

RIP

Assume the same guy did a Bowie impression too, to introduce the time check.
Used to make me laugh every time.

RIP

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Shocking news. Heard Sara Cox holding back the tears as she paid tribute to him her radio 2 show just now. They are playing his favourite music till 7 now in tribute to him.

A huge part of my radio listening since I was a kid. He added a sense of fun to everything he did.

RIP

 

[Questions]

Oh god my heart missed a beat there as I thought it was the funny Steve Wright - the American comedian

 

[Nathan]

Very sad news. Really enjoyed listening to him in the afternoons as a kid, his shows always seemed such good fun and upbeat.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Loved Gervais The Hairdresser, probably would be deemed Un PC now

RIP

 

[Ludensian Gull]

Very sad to hear this, i for one loved his afternoon show on Radio 2. RIP Steve, will be sadly missed by many.

 

[A mex eyecan]

loved his character Fred Croswell of the Asoldo(?) Cinema.