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Former Radio 1 Breakfast Show Host Mike Smith Dies

FM LoverFM Lover Posts: 50,842
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Just heard that Mike Smith passed away yesterday after complications with heart surgery.

RIP Mike:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28623367
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    iain_stevenson1iain_stevenson1 Posts: 1,349
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    FM Lover wrote: »
    Just heard that Mike Smith passed away yesterday after complications with heart surgery.

    RIP Mike:(

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28623367

    shocking news .condolences to his wife and family :(
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    CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,358
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    Rip mike.
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    AmaraAmara Posts: 5,376
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    Very sad news. Condolences to Sarah & family.
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    themanfrom?themanfrom? Posts: 45
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    a sad loss to radio rip mike smith :o
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    I'm my god. Can't believe this. He was brilliant on the Radio one breakfast show. He did lots of TV and had his helicopter film company.
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    ian001ian001 Posts: 1,003
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    Very sad. 59 is a young age to go.
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    RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    R.I.P. Mike.

    Poor Sarah, they seemed like a real solid couple, almost like they were one person.
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    LateralthinkingLateralthinking Posts: 8,027
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    Sorry to hear this news.
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    SpotSpot Posts: 25,126
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    I wonder how many people remember him when he was a dogsbody at Radio 1 in the 1970s and sometimes got to read the travel news from the studio during OBs.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    Memories of Mike Smith whilst at Radio 1.

    http://radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/mike_smith_page.htm
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-08-02/former-radio-1-presenter-mike-smith-dies-aged-59/
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    Jam Jingles http://www.aircheckdownloads.com/Radio1_MikeSmithJingles.mp3
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    keicarkeicar Posts: 2,082
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    A sad loss from the days when Radio 1 was unmissable.

    RIP Mike.
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    up to the vocalup to the vocal Posts: 2,502
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    keicar wrote: »
    A sad loss from the days when Radio 1 was unmissable.

    RIP Mike.

    Absolutely.You hung on for every word. Extremely good on tv as well of course. I'ts a rare talent to have such flair in both.
    R..I.P Mike,You will always be remembered.:cry:
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    Walt HamWalt Ham Posts: 751
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    Very sad news. In other circumstances or with other career directions, you could easily imagine Mike Smith having being a major name at Radio 2 these days perhaps.
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    GeordieyodelGeordieyodel Posts: 902
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    Very sad. Fantastic back in the day, and I agree, actually a better TV host.
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    Hybrid telliesHybrid tellies Posts: 1,580
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    Very sad news. He was good as a radio and TV presenter. RIP Mike.
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    SpotSpot Posts: 25,126
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    He used to do the early show on Radio 1 at BH and then go off to TV Centre for Breakfast Time, so before half the population had even got up, he would have appeared live on both radio and TV!
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    richie wildrichie wild Posts: 9,895
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    Poor Sarah! Thinking of you hon :( xx
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    NailzNailz Posts: 3,054
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    Grew up with Mike Smith on Radio and TV. He always came across as a nice friendly guy.
    He was good on the Radio 1 breakfast show. Better than the current DJ.
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    Shocked and saddened, I followed him on twitter and he was always ready to reply, he was a great journalist, and missed radio, I rather hoped he was going to turn up on Radio 2 one day,

    How very sad.
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    Rich Tea.Rich Tea. Posts: 22,048
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    Allen_Fleckney wrote: »
    Shocked and saddened, I followed him on twitter and he was always ready to reply, he was a great journalist, and missed radio, I rather hoped he was going to turn up on Radio 2 one day,

    How very sad.
    I often wondered about this. Was he happy to be off the national radio, or was it rather enforced on him? Would he have jumped at a chance on national radio, such as 2 again? My own perception of him in the 80's was that he was the clean cut, goody goody boy, who would long be the BBC's pet. That is not meant to be disparaging in any way. I recall some strange railway watch programme he did once in which the highlight seemed to be wheeling some obstacle off the track briefly. He later joked about it in an interview for its banality.

    He was, or at least seemed to be everywhere on BBC radio and TV from about 1982 to 1989....then he was almost nowhere. I was never sure whether that was entirely his own free choice, despite his other endeavours.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    Sarah and Mike appeared on Pointless recently too.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,191
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    I wonder if Grimmy will pay tribute on Monday. Moyles would have if he was still at R1. radio 2 might. There should be some tribute too him?
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    Rich Tea.Rich Tea. Posts: 22,048
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    Just spent some time browsing through Mike Smith's twitter. Actually quite an interesting one, much to say, and strongly opinionated especially about the BBC and its deficiencies in recent times with the rubbish they put out and their wastefulness of licence payers money. Plenty about his helicopter TV works too. He seemed a very prolific tweeter but suddenly stopped posting them in late January this year. Had he been ill for some time up until his passing? The news made it sound rather sudden and unexpected following major heart surgery. Maybe it wasn't quite so?
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