Tributes have been paid to native radio presenter Tim Gough after he died whereas presenting his Suffolk radio present.
The 55-year-old DJ has been described as a “pricey good friend” and “all spherical beautiful man” by those who labored with him on the station.
Tim died out of the blue whereas presenting the GenX Radio Suffolk breakfast present from a studio at his house on Monday.
The station mentioned in an announcement: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I’ve to tell you, our pricey good friend and breakfast host Tim Gough handed away this morning while presenting his programme.
“Our like to his household, son, sister, brother and mum. Tim was doing what he liked. He was 55 years previous.”
James Hazell, proprietor of the station, later added: “You might have heard me say right this moment, in an emotional state, that I used to be unsure about the way forward for GenX in gentle of the devastating information of Tim’s demise. Effectively I’m now… due to the lots of of loving messages.
“Tim was a part of constructing GenX Radio and I cannot enable his laborious work to quantity to nothing.
“We’re going to create the very best radio station we presumably can, that Suffolk is pleased with. It is going to be Tim’s legacy.”
Virgin Radio UK presenter Amy Voce mentioned: “Completely gutted to listen to this information about Tim. He was my first ever boss in radio at Leicester Sound once I was 18 and was SO great.
“I’ve the happiest of recollections & we at all times saved in contact & if it wasn’t for him I may not be in radio…”
Gaynor Marshall, an govt producer for BBC radio, added: “Such unhappy information. Once I was at Clean Radio Nottingham he took me below his wing, tremendous caring and all spherical beautiful man. What an terrible shock.”
Mr Gough grew up in a village near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and commenced his broadcasting profession at Radio Orwell in 1986.
He went on to current the breakfast present on Saxon Radio and SGR-FM, in addition to showing on Clean Radio and varied different radio stations within the East Midlands.