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From helping nurses de-stress to giving advice to would-be DJs, Guardian readers remember the Radio 2 star whose humour and humanity lit up Britain
A rummage through some cardboard boxes has unearthed a treasure trove of photos from the glory days of Flicks nightclub in Brechin.
A statement shared to BBC News by Wright’s family said: ‘It is with deep sorrow and profound regret that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright’
A statement shared to BBC News by Wright’s family said: ‘It is with deep sorrow and profound regret that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright’
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.