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Was the editor of the NME when I started buying it Used to really enjoy him on the radio with Danny Baker and can remember hearing him cracking up when my uncle called in and pointed out that Alan Mullery looked like Nookie Bear
Genuinely upset about this. He was one of the good guys and a proper football and music fan, who appreciated the absolute bolocks we all speak about those subjects. Danny Baker had said the two of them were to tour next year and I would have gone to see that, but I guess it will just be DB now (as brilliant as he is)
I urge everyone to listen to the stories of the two of them going to Amsterdam to get stoned, or the wooden bow tie.
I used to listen avidly day and night to Talk Radio UK when it first started way back in 1995 with presenters such as James Whale, Mike Dickin and Tommy Boyd. I even won a weekend in Monte Carlo which included flights to Nice, helicopter transfer to Monte Carlo and 3-nights at the hotel where the F1 cars drive under during the race - and I won a weekend in Lisbon for two a year or so later too.
Then it changed to Talksport a few years later and loving football as I do, I used to listen to Alan Brazil with Mike Parry in the mornings and Danny Kelly along with Hawsbee & Jacobs. Then there was Ian Collins & the Creatures of the Night late at night. Happy days and fond memories indeed of Danny Kelly. My ex wife has just recovered from the same horrible cancer he died of so I know all about it as we're still on pretty good terms. James Whale died not too long ago from cancer & old Mike Dickin died in a car crash years ago - and now Danny Kelly has passed away with cancer. Makes you think of your own mortality as the years pass by so fast, listening to presenters you grew up with.
Really sad news, a great broadcaster. I remember a late night sports show he did for Channel 4 called Under The Moon - it was excellent but after only 2 series some idiot at C4 binned it. That said, never better than when he was with Danny Baker
As with everyone else below, the news hit me when I heard it this morning. He was a great foil for DB and a great broadcaster What hasn't been mentioned was his knowledge of European football, which was also exceptional
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