Page 29 - Steve Wright News Today

BBC Radio 2 presenter Steve underwent a heart bypass months before his death, a friend has revealed. The beloved broadcaster was found dead at his London flat at the age of 69 this week, with his colleagues and listeners devastated by the shock news

Steve, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK, died suddenly at the age of 69 on Tuesday February 13.

Mark Wells, the former controller of ITV entertainment, said being axed from his long-running BBC Radio 2 afternoon slot in 2022 had been a bolt from the blue for his friend.

The BBC has been slammed for making a huge error on BBC Breakfast in a tribute to the late Radio 2 presenter Steve Wright.

In 2022 Radio 2 show Steve Wright In The Afternoon was axed and the presenter, who has died aged 69, 'had heart surgery' in the months after.

Paddy McGuinness brought the Isle of Fernandes back to the limelight as he spoke to former Take Me Out contestants on BBC Radio 2 as well as bumping…

Fiona Bruce is the latest BBC presenter to be caught out giving her viewers something less than the unvarnished truth about one of her guests.

Presenting a special episode of Wrights Sunday Love Songs show this morning, Tarbuck said the show was going on but without the chief.

The man himself might be absent behind the microphone, but Steve Wright’s presence still echoes down the airwaves. As the broadcasting community continued to reel from the trailblazing DJ’s death six days prior, Sunday’s programming was raw with emotional tributes from Radio 2 presenters and listeners alike.

Steve Wright had heart surgery in the years before his death and was “more ill than he let on”, it has been claimed.