Steve Wright dead: BBC radio DJ dies aged 69! (13/2/24)

[admin]

Sad news. I grew up with Steve Wright in the afternoon and Sid the manger et al :



There was no pickled onion

sharpen the chop sticks

[Hodgy]

Very sad news. Always a great listen on Radio 1. Even better on Radio 2. Only listening to him last week or two. Very shocked to hear this.

[admin]

Feb 13, 2024 20:31:40 GMT Hodgy said:

Very sad news. Always a great listen on Radio 1. Even better on Radio 2. Only listening to him last week or two. Very shocked to hear this.

Still working recently

Was he ill because I can't see a cause of death reported?

[Hodgy]

Feb 13, 2024 21:38:00 GMT admin said:

Feb 13, 2024 20:31:40 GMT Hodgy said:

Very sad news. Always a great listen on Radio 1. Even better on Radio 2. Only listening to him last week or two. Very shocked to hear this.

Still working recently

Was he ill because I can't see a cause of death reported?

I don’t know and also haven’t seen a cause of death.

[admin]

Feb 14, 2024 4:34:44 GMT Hodgy said:

Feb 13, 2024 21:38:00 GMT admin said:

Still working recently

Was he ill because I can't see a cause of death reported?

I don’t know and also haven’t seen a cause of death.

Just found this. Doesn't help much but interesting all of the same:

What is Steve Wright's cause of death?
No details of Steve Wright's cause of death have been made public. He is reported to have a number of allergies - including to penicillin and was on a weight loss journey. At his heaviest Wright weighed 18 stone and had been trying to achieve 12 stone.[/i]

Funnily enough I did a search last night and clicked on images and in one of the latest ones (about 18 months I think that it was?) I was shocked because I'd always known him as a slim chap. He was really huge in a bad suit with trainers. I didn't expect that and that was certainly not a healthy picture of him.

[Hodgy]

Feb 14, 2024 9:31:37 GMT admin said:

Feb 14, 2024 4:34:44 GMT Hodgy said:

I don’t know and also haven’t seen a cause of death.

Just found this. Doesn't help much but interesting all of the same:

What is Steve Wright's cause of death?
No details of Steve Wright's cause of death have been made public. He is reported to have a number of allergies - including to penicillin and was on a weight loss journey. At his heaviest Wright weighed 18 stone and had been trying to achieve 12 stone.

Funnily enough I did a search last night and clicked on images and in one of the latest ones (about 18 months I think that it was?) I was shocked because I'd always known him as a slim chap. He was really huge in a bad suit with trainers. I didn't expect that and that was certainly not a healthy picture of him.

Just had a look. Didn’t realise he had become such a big man. 18 Stone is on the obese side.

Talking to the lady at the fuel station today, she said he did a radio session last Sunday. A couple of days later gone.

[admin]

Feb 14, 2024 18:30:03 GMT Hodgy said:

Feb 14, 2024 9:31:37 GMT admin said:

Just found this. Doesn't help much but interesting all of the same:

What is Steve Wright's cause of death?
No details of Steve Wright's cause of death have been made public. He is reported to have a number of allergies - including to penicillin and was on a weight loss journey. At his heaviest Wright weighed 18 stone and had been trying to achieve 12 stone.

Funnily enough I did a search last night and clicked on images and in one of the latest ones (about 18 months I think that it was?) I was shocked because I'd always known him as a slim chap. He was really huge in a bad suit with trainers. I didn't expect that and that was certainly not a healthy picture of him.

Just had a look. Didn’t realise he had become such a big man. 18 Stone is on the obese side.

Talking to the lady at the fuel station today, she said he did a radio session last Sunday. A couple of days later gone.

That's true, I remember reading it on the BBC website:

"Wright was last on air on Sunday, hosting a pre-recorded special Valentine's Day edition of his Love Songs programme. He passed away on Monday."

[Hodgy]

Feb 14, 2024 18:41:12 GMT admin said:

Feb 14, 2024 18:30:03 GMT Hodgy said:

Just had a look. Didn’t realise he had become such a big man. 18 Stone is on the obese side.

Talking to the lady at the fuel station today, she said he did a radio session last Sunday. A couple of days later gone.

That's true, I remember reading it on the BBC website:

"Wright was last on air on Sunday, hosting a pre-recorded special Valentine's Day edition of his Love Songs programme. He passed away on Monday."

Very sad. He was a great radio entertainer for 40 years.

[admin]

BBC radio presenter Steve Wright’s death is being treated as “unexpected”, but not suspicious, police have said.

The veteran broadcaster died this week at the age of 69, the corporation announced on Tuesday. Police and paramedics had been called to a flat in the Marylebone area of central London on Monday morning.

www.nationalworld.com/news/people/steve-wright-radio-2-dj-found-police-and-ambulance-service-incident-4519101?itm_source=Internal&itm_channel=homepage_banner&itm_campaign=breaking-news-ticker&itm_content=3

[rodders]

Some I see are suggesting he committed suicide!!!

[admin]

Feb 15, 2024 14:28:50 GMT rodders said:

Some I see are suggesting he committed suicide!!!

That would be a logical conclusion IMO from that statement but time will tell when more details surface.

"Police and paramedics were called to Wright’s home on Monday morning after reports of "an incident" at his central London flat. Emergency services rushed to the home of the radio presenter in Marylebone, west London. Wright was pronounced dead at the scene."

Who called them and what incident