[News] Newsreader Richard Baker passes away.

[AmexRuislip]

Former BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies aged 93- RIP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

 

[GT49er]

Former BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies aged 93- RIP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

Blimey, that's a blast from a dim and distant past! Still, 93 is a good innings. RIP Richard Baker.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Voice of Mary, Mungo and Midge and also Teddy Edwards from my early childhood. Interesting to read in his BBC obituary that he found it difficult to fit in when he moved into a retirement home so he would cut out stories from the newspapers and then ready them to the other resident each evening.

 

[Weststander]

What a distinctive and distinguished voice he had.

RIP?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Not many of these left now

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ox64f



RIP

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Richard Baker RNVR, served on a minesweeper in the Arctic Convoys.

 

[Hastings gull]

Richard Baker RNVR, served on a minesweeper in the Arctic Convoys.

Then, he certainly did his bit for the country. I had forgotten about him totally, and was surprised that he was still around up to today. RIP

 

[studio150]

One of my late fathers' special moments during his career in the Royal Marines was spending an evening in Mauritius next to Richard Baker at a function and chatting about classical music for the whole evening (Richard Baker used to introduce the Proms on BBC1). The photograph of the two of them together was always in a prominent position in the living room.

RIP

 

[Iggle Piggle]

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[Whosh51]

That's all from me goodnight.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

I didn't realise he was that old

When I saw the headline I was thinking of the other chap who used to do the Grand Prix & Tomorrow's World?