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Dave Myers RIP

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Redshoeblueshoe · 29/02/2024 10:09

Just announced on the BBC.
Very sad to hear this news

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Roselilly36 · 29/02/2024 14:08

I felt saddened by this news, lovely words written by Si too. Dave Myers’s will be missed by many. May he RIP.

OnPurpose01 · 29/02/2024 14:11

I loved Dave! He seemed such a genuinely nice man through and through. I have been watching their new series and was pleased to see him back but I will say he never seemed quite the same after he had been so ill. I loved Si’s statement too.

OnPurpose01 · 29/02/2024 14:13

My teen dc and elderly parents are also shocked and upset.

PrincessFiorimonde · 29/02/2024 14:16

Sad news. I'm not generally a fan of cookery shows, but I've watched a few of the HB programmes and he always came across as a lovely, warm-hearted person.

BeBraveLittlePenguin · 29/02/2024 14:18

Their Christmas Pudding vodka is one of the greatest recipes ever. I may raise a glass of it to him tonight.

ClawedButler · 29/02/2024 14:19

He'll be much missed - one of the few people on the telly these days who seemed like a genuinely lovely bloke. Was so shocked and saddened by the news, like PPs I got the impression from the latest series that he was on the mend. My heart goes out to his family and Si King.

littlbrowndog · 29/02/2024 14:23

Aw Dave. Was just watching him and si the other night. 😥

what a lovely man he was

LovelyTheresa · 29/02/2024 14:25

I just read Si's message and was welling up. What a lovely tribute to a beautiful person. I'm so sorry for the loss of Dave Myers.

coxesorangepippin · 29/02/2024 14:28

Very sad.

Loved the Yorkshire humour and approach in their shows

2catsandhappy · 29/02/2024 14:30

I absolutely choked up at this news. Such a lovely man.
RIP Dave

noooooooo · 29/02/2024 14:36

Yeah, I got a text this morning to tell me cos (although my friends all think I’m a weirdo) I fancied Dave Myers. He was my ideal man: artistic, funny and could cook. Hope wherever he is the roads are long and straight and there’s no speed limit.

Mynewnameis · 29/02/2024 14:42

It's upset me too. He seemed to be doing so well.

bendmeoverbackwards · 29/02/2024 14:45

hellswelshy · 29/02/2024 11:42

Just to add also, he did an episode of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent and talked about his early life, it's really worth a listen.

Thanks for that, I’ll give it a listen.

Such sad news, I’m another one not normally affected by a celebrity death but this has really saddened me. I loved their TV programmes, they were so genuinely warm and funny.

I also started listening to their Agony Uncles podcast last year if anyone is interested.

Whatsthesecret · 29/02/2024 14:46

noooooooo · 29/02/2024 14:36

Yeah, I got a text this morning to tell me cos (although my friends all think I’m a weirdo) I fancied Dave Myers. He was my ideal man: artistic, funny and could cook. Hope wherever he is the roads are long and straight and there’s no speed limit.

Not weird. I fancy Si.

noooooooo · 29/02/2024 14:55

Whatsthesecret · 29/02/2024 14:46

Not weird. I fancy Si.

Yeah I don’t think it’s weird either. Shame for them, such mates, feels like it always happens to good people.

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 29/02/2024 15:31

Very sad news!

You could almost smell the genuine friendship between the two of them.

newnamethanks · 29/02/2024 16:11

Very sad RIP Dave and condolences to friends and family.

larkstar · 29/02/2024 16:26

There's not many people that were/(are!) so universally loved - so sad - I met him and his wife Lil - they were on a canal boat holiday only a few years ago and I was walking my dog - stopped for a brief chat as I don't like to bother people that must get bothered all the time - he and his wife were so lovely, friendly and chatty - she did the steering while he worked the lock gates - what you see on the TV is exactly him in real life - so measured, precise and diplomatic - I hope Si King soldiers on.

Twonewcats · 29/02/2024 16:31

RIP Dave. One of the good guys 💔

Alltheyearround · 29/02/2024 16:32

I was gutted to read this today.

So sad, for everyone who enjoyed their cooking and travels, and for family and friends of course.

Glad he got to live his best life, having fun with Si and traveling the globe.

We'll miss you and your daft sense of humour, Dave Myers.

Thanks for bringing such a lot of warmth, friendship and laughter.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 29/02/2024 17:10

So sad, seemed like a sweetheart. Was just reading about him being the first male make up artist at the BBC (he couldn’t believe he got the job). But smashing gender based stereotypes in work was running through his veins apparently because his mother was a Crane Driver !! WTF! Love him ❤️

JayAlfredPrufrock · 29/02/2024 19:02

Love that his mum was a crane driver!

I’m planning to make their Sausage and Bean casserole on Sunday as a tribute.

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