Steve Wright has died.

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I had no idea he was ill. Condolences to his family.

Very sad. I'm very ill and has hoped my DH would get me a Beegees shout out on love songs.
Just learnt Steve Wright loved them, so you beat me mate. You got too much heaven first. RIP.

That’s so sad. I’ve always listen to him since forever!

What was the bit he used to do with the sad stories?

This is really sad news! I feel like Steve Wright in the Afternoon was on my whole lifetime. RIP Steve.

Just heard this on the news. So shocked. I was listening to him on Sunday. RIP Steve.

Really? Surely he would have been too ill to carry on working until so recently. My father died of lung cancer and was very ill for the last 3 months.

Serious jocking.....

Really?
How do you know that?
That news isnt anywhere

And if he was dying from Lung cancer i doubt very much he would of been working the week before

@Chesterlas

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Has that been confirmed? He must have kept it incredibly secret, does that type affect how you look?

@PeopleAreWeird its all over the news.

I think his families wishes should be respected and speculation isn't needed.
But sharing the stories of how missed he will be is very different and meaningful

Oh yes I can't remember but the music is now stuck in my head! It will bug me now until I remember.

@IwishIcouldfinishabook yes! I can hear the music but I can't remember what it was called

Wasn't that Simon Bates 'our tune'?

Gosh I’m really shocked, I was only listening to his show on Sunday.

Someone requested a song and said his show was their favourite and they’d listened to him for forever. He sounded really touched and I’m so glad someone said such a nice thing on what would be his last show.

I was shocked as I got in the car just after five and shed a few tears, but then poor Bobbi trying to do the travel, driving and crying is never a good thing.

where on the news does it say Lung cancer????? @Thehamsterthatcametotea

I can’t see one bit of news saying it’s lung cancer.

Genuinely sad. He was always such good, fun company on the radio.
Like others, I'd been listening to him since the 80s.

RIP Mr Wright, thanks for the laughs and the music .

If you Google it some results come up but the articles don't seem to actually mention cancer, it's strange

It's certainly not all over the news that I can see

I did like his show back in the day and I liked his sense of humour.
There was once a news item about a major fire at a pie factory. They said there was a toxic cloud and people should stay away. After the news Steve said in that innocent voice of his “what have they been putting in those pies?”

Source? Because other reports are saying cardiovascular disease which seems more likely given that he was working only a few days ago.

That pretty much sums it up for me as well.

What a shock.
Condolences to his family.