Dead Wright

[Tony Tony Tony]

Steve Wright has died.  RIP part of my childhood. BBC

[Toki]

I remember his reaction at the end of a really weird segment on TOTP2, a bemused "I don't know what that was." Can't remember the song or the performer, so can't find a clip. Also remember him introducing Paul Heaton in an interview as "the man with the voice" and his producer asking what that meant. "Well, he sang that song." It was the Beautiful South's cover of Livin' Thing, which was sung by Dave Hemingway. Anyway, he seemed a jolly guy and it was always pleasant to hear him on the radio. RIP Steve Wright.

[Goldentony]

worst possible choice for the thread title

[Goldentony]

change it

[Toki]

worst possible choice for the thread title

That's true, when I first saw it I thought 'oh no, not Wright now!" and it was with mixed feelings that I realised he'd only died.

[Blumf]

'Steve Left'? As in left this mortal coil?

[Pavlov`s Dog`s Dad`s Dead]

Steve Wright in the Afterlife.

[Goldentony]

close thread until title change

[jazzy_sabotage]

Hope they play this as they lower the casket

[pigamus]

It's a shame his TOTP2 stuff was so obnoxious because apparently he was a sweetheart, nobody had a bad word to say about him

[Goldentony]

please stop contributing until the thread title is improved

[Huxleys Babkins]

[Goldentony]

steve fucking wrong, jesus christ

[Blumf]

Steve Wright in the Afterlife.

This! Make it this.

[Pavlov`s Dog`s Dad`s Dead]

This! Make it this.

Turns out it's quite a popular choice...

[Blumf]

Turns out it's quite a popular choice...

Oh yeah

[agentorange76]

RIP Wrighty.

Steve Wright in the Afternoon back in the late 80s; Sid the Manager, Voice Over Man and the Down the Pan Daleks. Classics!

[mechanical blood goat]

'Steve Left'? As in left this mortal coil?

Or just "Steve Wright has died" maybe

[greencalx]

Dead Wright.

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Steven's snuffed it.

[Vodkafone]

I sometimes used to listen to him in the tractor if my Walkman batteries had run out.

He worked at the BBC in the 70s and 80s, seemingly without sexually assaulting anyone.



Powerful words there.

[kalowski]

There is a Wright that never goes out (apart from today).

[jamiefairlie]

I sometimes used to listen to him in the tractor if my Walkman batteries had run out.

He worked at the BBC in the 70s and 80s, seemingly without sexually assaulting anyone.



Powerful words there.

These days you need a settling period of at least eight weeks before you can relax

[Brian Freeze]

Painted a lot of windows while up a ladder listening to Steve Wright in the afternoon.  Distinctly remember a lot of scraping to get back to a decent surface.

Less a fan of his Sunday Love Songs show.

[TheMonk]

The Cold Wright Of Day

[McDead]

I didn't really like him, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I listened to hundreds if not thousands of hours of his show across the years and more or less enjoyed most of them. Kept things nice and lively during many a mid-afternoon lull, and also gave us Wayne Carr, in a roundabout way. Little bit of factamation there.

I, uh, bought his Terminator 2 knock off novelty single when it came out, and more or less enjoyed that also.

[gilbertharding]

It's a shame his TOTP2 stuff was so obnoxious...

He may coat down your favourite band or artist, but he never forgot: he'd been on Top of the Pops at least as many times as they had.

[curiousoranges]

Serious rottin' no G.

[lazyhour]

Do we think think he'll deliver his own eulogy? He was very fond of pre-records after all.

[McDead]

Love the show (his own funeral)