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The former Radio 2 presenter is said to have died peacefully at home SIR Jimmy Young, a veteran broadcaster who was a fan favourite on BBC Radio 2, has died at the age of 95. His family broke the ...
Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce pays tribute to Sir Jimmy Young. BBC director general Tony Hall said: "Sir Jimmy Young defined Radio 2 and was a true broadcasting pioneer. He will be dearly missed by ...
only Wogan and Young remained from the regular 1973 presenters. In 1992, a Radio 2 celebration of his work, The Jimmy Young Story, was hosted by Sir David Frost. Since his second divorce in 1958 ...
Veteran broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young used his will to request he should ... The DJ, who spent almost three decades with BBC Radio 2, died "peacefully at home" aged 95 in November 2016.
Sir Jimmy Young used his final Radio 2 programme yesterday to launch a bitter parting shot at the BBC. Live on air, and with bosses powerless to stop him, the 81-year-old presenter told how he had ...
Veteran presenter had lifelong terror of vivisepulture - and concocted escape plan if doctors had wrongly certified him as deceased VETERAN presenter Sir Jimmy Young ...
Former BBC broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young has called for a ‘return ... including Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman and Radio 4 Today programme host John Humphrys. In comparison to the veteran ...
One of the most able broadcasters I ever worked with." LBC radio presenter Iain Dale added: "Much respect to Sir Jimmy Young who died today, aged 95. The word 'legend' is overused, but not in his ...