Anti-news Watch: The First of Many 2
Can someone give me an idea why I should care about this? The BBC really should stop churning press releases of zero consequence like this.
Kevin Greening 1962 - 2007
I was shocked last night to hear on the news that Kevin Greening had passed away in his sleep at the young age of 44. I am not often moved by the death of someone famous but this really hit hard; I’m gutted.
Kevin was an intellectual, dry witted, interesting and down to earth broadcaster who loved music. When he finally left Radio One it marked the point when I started to no longer listen to the station; I sent him a good luck email to which he replied which is more than I would expect from many people in the public eye. Some memorable moments:
- Prince walking out of an interview when Kevin asked him how to pronounce the symbol (if anyone has the video of this could they put it on youtube? I can’t find it anywhere).
- The Zoe Ball walk out april fool (which I so hoped was true).
- All of his silly characters (Major Holdups, Raymond Sinclair, Eric the Gardener, Blowchap amongst others).
- His championship of Mike Flowers Pops.
I didn’t know he had reappeared on Smooth FM so never caught him there but his passing on is a sad loss from the world of Radio and music.
Rest in Peace, Kevin.
Links:
- Kevin’s wikipedia page
- There is a facebook group to join if you have memories to post.
- The BBC Obituary.
- Simon Mayo’s tribute
- The Kevin Greening Story
- Smooth FM’s condolences page
- BBC’s Have Your Say page
- Some clips (except they seem not to work :-()
- A Radio Rewind page, including some clips
- No Rock and Roll Fun’s DJobit
- The Evening Standard’s Obituary
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