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All aboard for the glory days of the '60s pirate radio stations - Radio Caroline and Radio London which began broadcasting in 1964

Kenny Everett, Alistair Cooke, now Wright: some voices are so familiar that they become part of the fabric of our own lives, says the radio critic Gillian Reynolds

Steve Wrights former studio at Radio 2 this week, I realised a horrible coincidence. The studio he called home had been gutted days before his death. The symbolism was too much to bear.

Steve Wright’s heartbroken brother has blamed the star DJ’s death on his lifestyle saying he ‘could have looked after himself better’.

The sad news yesterday that Wright has died, aged 69, has in some ways a bitter inevitability. And to say he devoted his life is no overstatement.

Broadcasting legend Steve Wright was found dead at his home after paramedics were called to an "incident", the London Ambulance Service has said.

After the star’s death this week, Nicky Campbell and Gary Davies remember the ‘meticulous mayhem’ he pioneered on air

Steve Wright, who has died aged 69, hosted the anarchic breakfast show on Radio 1 for a year before switching to Radio 2, where he became a garrulous fixture on weekday afternoons with middle-of-the-road pop hits, interviews and features mixed with interjections from his regular on-air posse of equally mouthy subordinates, a format that became known as “zoo” radio.

Rare Billy Connolly documentary comes to DVD - 1975 film Big Banana Feet has been restored

Bloodbath at the House of Death: Horror spoof, starring Kenny Everett. Bloodbath at the House of Death airs on Talking Pictures TV at 1:00 AM, Wednesday 31 January. Horror spoof, starring Kenny Everett