Late DJ Steve Wright was “more ill than he was letting on” after undergoing a heart bypass surgery, according to a friend.
Speaking on the Behind The Scenes with Colin Edmonds podcast, Mark Wells said: “Steve told me he had a heart operation about 14 or 15 months ago after he finished Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 2.
“He had a bypass operation which had gone well but I think he had been more ill than he had been letting on to that point.
“The recovery from that had gone pretty well though obviously the events of the last couple of days would suggest that’s what in the end came for him.”
It came as Sunday Love Songs the flagship radio show pioneered by Steve Wright has returned to the airwaves for the first time since the legendary DJ’s death at the age of 69.
Presenting a special episode of the show on Sunday morning, Liza Tarbuck said the show was going on but “without the chief”.
She then launched into Luther Vandross’ classic Never Too Much.
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