{"id":24462,"date":"2022-10-24T18:42:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1727694"},"modified":"2022-10-24T19:11:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:11:22","slug":"radio-dj-dies-live-on-air-as-tributes-flood-in-for-star","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/radio-dj-dies-live-on-air-as-tributes-flood-in-for-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio DJ dies live on air as tributes flood in for star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 24 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Suffolk radio DJ Tim Gough has died on air today aged 55, his station GenX Radio confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Gough passed away from a suspected heart attack at his home in Lackford, Suffolk, while hosting GenX Radio\u2019s breakfast show this morning (24th October 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The station paid tribute to the DJ and said: \u201cIt is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to inform you, our dear friend and breakfast host Tim Gough passed away this morning whilst presenting his program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cOur love to his family, son, sister, brother and mum.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Tim was doing what he loved. He was 55 years old.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The broadcaster is said to have been about an hour into <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">the broadcast when the music came to a halt halfway through a song with no explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The music resumed a few minutes later but Gough did not return to his show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Hours later, b<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">roadcaster GenX Radio Suffolk confirmed that Gough had died.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Absolutely gutted to hear this news about Tim. He was my first ever boss in radio at Leicester Sound when I was 18 and was SO wonderful. I have the happiest of memories &amp; we always kept in touch &amp; if it wasn\u2019t for him I might not be in radio\u2026 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/timgough?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#timgough<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/x43crjEHsI&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/x43crjEHsI<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Amy Voce (@amyvoce) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/amyvoce\/status\/1584573012824948737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">James Hazell, managing director of GenX Radio, said: \u201cTo know Tim personally, as I did very closely for over 30 years, was to know a warm, caring, fun guy who myself and my family loved dearly. We are heartbroken by the news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cI know his family are enormously comforted by the hundreds of loving messages that have been received and have asked for privacy at this devastating time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Tim was one of the kindest and most loveliest men I've had the pleasure of being friends with... Now that is a legacy we can all aspire to.<br\/><br\/>Cheers Tim for all the memories, love and laughs ????\u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/dONAEmHLdI&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/dONAEmHLdI<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Steph Miskin (@Stephie_B) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stephie_B\/status\/1584571874453106688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Broadcaster Steph Miskin led the tributes to Gough, <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/Stephie_B\/status\/1584571874453106688&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">tweeting<\/a>: \u201cTim was one of the kindest and most loveliest men I\u2019ve had the pleasure of being friends with\u2026 Now that is a legacy we can all aspire to. Cheers Tim for all the memories, love and laughs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Broadcaster Amy Voce also wrote on <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/amyvoce\/status\/1584573012824948737&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Absolutely gutted to hear this news about Tim. He was my first ever boss in radio at Leicester Sound when I was 18 and was SO wonderful. I have the happiest of memories &amp; we always kept in touch &amp; if it wasn\u2019t for him I might not be in radio\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Radio presenter Jason King <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/kingjasonantony\/status\/1584572525857542144&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">Heartbroken today. A phone call just after midday confirmed the news that none of us could have expected Tim Gough\u00a0<\/span>is no longer with us. A beautiful human, gentleman and father. Sleep well my friend, it\u2019s been a privilege to call you a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Gough is survived by his mother, brother, sister and son.<\/span><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Molly Moss Published: Monday, 24 October 2022 at 12:00 am Suffolk radio DJ Tim Gough has died on air today aged 55, his station GenX Radio confirmed. Gough passed away from a suspected heart attack at his home in Lackford, Suffolk, while hosting GenX Radio\u2019s breakfast show this morning (24th October 2022). 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