BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright died aged 69 from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach, his death certificate has now confirmed.
The veteran radio broadcaster, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK, died suddenly at his £2million home in London‘s Marylebone on February 12.
Wright’s death certificate has now been revealed by BBC News, which said it stated that his causes of death were acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer.
A relative registered his death at Westminster Register Office last Wednesday, after the coroner’s court confirmed on May 20 that no inquest would be held.
The Metropolitan Police previously said Wright’s death ‘was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious’.
Steve Wright
Wright first joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show and held various positions including an afternoon show and a breakfast show at the station.
He had a stint at commercial radio before returning to BBC Radio 2 in 1996 to host Steve Wright’s Saturday Show and Sunday Love Songs and three years later had Steve Wright In The Afternoon every weekday on Radio 2.
Wright stepped down in September 2022, replaced by Scott Mills in a schedule shake-up, but Wright continued to present Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.
Last month, Michael Ball took over as the host of a new Sunday love songs show, which was retitled Love Songs With Michael Ball.
Wright was made an MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio.
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