I posted that on Page 1

Also could someone change the title, we could at least have his name spelt right

Congrats. Someone asked who did the same as me, didn't read the whole thread, so I replied.

Thanks for your clarification that you got there first. You are clearly the bigger man :-s

I'm still so shocked at this. The more I think about it the more I can't believe it.

I last heard Mike a few weeks ago on a Saturday night, he was back on form and sounded back on top. RIP.

His health was not in question!!!!!!! seriously his death is a tragedy,best presenter on talksport by miles,only listened to him last saturday night,talksport ought to have been ashamed the way they treated him recently,he said on air that talksport had decided he was to not work on sundays anymore,he was not happy his slot was taken away from him.rip mike you deserve it.

I edited my post but it didn't reflect the change in the topic title. Sorry if you find this more upsetting then the man's death....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/6194773.stm

Talk Sport radio presenter Mike Dickin has died in a car crash.

He was dubbed Britains Angriest Man, but I really enjoyed his show. He used to do the morning show, which has been taken over by Jon Gaunt, who is nowhere near as good.

I'll miss him.

Ruddy hell, I remember him.

He was a bit of a nutter, but he came out with some great stuff

I used to really enjoy his shows. What bad news

I was only listening to him on Sunday Morning. This is VERY sad news

RIP Mike Dickin, a true legend

I've listened to Mike for years. I remember his days on Capital Gold and LBC, as well as TalkSport/Radio.
He is an institution. Sorry for the cliche.

Mike talked sense.

It is a said day for radio.

sounds like a tragic accident....I used to listen to his morning show all the time, I didn't bother so much with the evening show.....

RIP Mike......

i cant believe it. ive just found out via this thread.
he was a grumpy guy but he was also a decent guy too

i was only listening to him a week or so ago, ive been listening to talksport from the days when it was a better station (talkradio) and hes been on air for years

feel pretty shocked by the news

did any one remember the clash of the titans from 4 years or so ago with mike dickin, tommy boyd, james whale and alan brazil ??

it was hilarious. they had a fight/ argument at the end with mike dickin storming out

sad news

Yeah, they showed it on Xmas day!

Really miss Tommy Boyd as well with the Human Zoo!

I loved listening to Mike Dickin and admired his range of knowledge, underneath his " grumpiness" he had a wonderful sense of humour.

He will be sadly missed.

Rest in Peace, Mike, thank you for the listening.

yeah, boyd was a legend. now its just endless sport. i like football but sometimes i wish it would go back to being a talk only format with football just for special occasions like the world cup every 4 years etc

the golden era of boyd, james h reeve etc is long gone

although they still have some talk in the morning and after 10 at night till morning
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Ian Collins did a decent morning show after Mike, but now Gaunt does it, and he is just a loudmouth who has destroyed the show.

You'd like to think his last words were, of course:

"My health is not in question!"

I had a preminition about this when I heard part of his show the other night (Saturday night I think) - he seemed very short of breath. So the preminition was right, but was the wrong cause of death.

I never liked him or most of his opinions, but I'll readily admit he was entertaining - and professional.

Oh my god, I loved Mike Dickin.

Thoughts are with his family.

I'm speechless

RIP Mike, your a legend

Wow, seems only five minutes since he was on the air at the time of Diana's car crash. I'd tried listening to his show last weekend too but the radio reception was too bad on my alarm clock radio. This is a sad loss for talk radio. My condolences to his family.

gaunt speaks a lot of truth irrespective of his style of broadcasting. i dont agree with everything he says but hes right about the politically correct brigade out there and the like

Mike Dickin was in his 60's as far as i know.What a tragedy. He spoke a lot a of plain common sense and was very entertaining most of the time. On a side note , how stupid are Talksport for playing a clip of Mike this afternoon as a mini-tribute , that contained him saying 'Nobody should own a motor car' Talk about insensitive. The news that Mike had died as a result of a car smash was already freely available by the time they played that. May your God go with you Mike !

What can I say, agree with all the sentiments expressed by other users.

Was a bloody damn good listen, down to earth, to the point and suffered no fools.

Friday and saturday late nights will never be the same.

RIP 'Man of the people'!!!!

Sorry to hear of his death,

but i never heard of him.