Steve Wright dead at 69: BBC Radio 2 presenter passes away as fans share tributes...

BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright has tragically died aged 69 after bringing joy to listeners for more than 40 years."In addition to his son, Tom, and daughter, Lucy, Steve leaves behind his brother, Laurence and his father Richard.listeners who had the good fortune and great pleasure of allowing Steve into their daily lives as one of the UK's most enduring and popular radio personalities.

"A brilliantly creative, funny, warm, intelligent, hard-working & energetic man. Absolutely loved him, on and off air. So sad to hear this news.It was there that he was cruelly nicknamed Big Nose and Concorde.This led him to BBC, as a record librarian, which then went on to his own shows - and the rest was history.

In 1976, he briefly left the broadcaster for Thames Valley Radio but returned four years later to present weekend programmes.Although a scheduling shake-up meant Scott Mills took over his afternoon slot, Steve stayed on to present Sunday Love Songs.He continued: "I've been offered loads of stuff at the BBC and I'm staying at Radio 2. What it actually means for me is rather than working six days a week, I'll be working maybe two and a half days a week.

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