Ex Radio 1 DJ Kevin Greening Dies

Slightly eerie to have heard his voice on UKTV Drama earlier. A big loss, he was much underrated.

Horrible to hear of someone dying so young.

Feels like only yesterday I was listening to Kevin and Zoe's breakfast show while driving to work.

Seemed like a nice sincere bloke and talented broadcaster.

Turns out he died just a day before his 45th birthday... that really is tragic

I can't believe it he was only 44!! You don't expect people to die in their sleep at 44. And as someone else said a very underrated DJ.

Close - it was Gripper, featured on the sketches with Eric the Gardener. Echoing all the above sentiments - his weekend breakfast show on Radio 1 was surreal entertainment at it's best.

Long live (the memory of) Raymond Sinclair.

This is really sad news.

So many memories of laughing with him when he was all over the radio 1 schedule.

Joke du jour
Major Holdups
Lunchime Anti-social (Jo Whileys maternity cover)
Drivel Time (he never wanted the drive time show)
The UK'S Favourite DJ's -
Adverts for Blow Chap products
Raymond Sinclair

I remember when he covering Dave Pearce's weekend lunchtime show - he had to do The Recovery Session - one hour of Dance music - the breakfast show for clubbers! All the decks and CD players failed him, he had to play one record then the Top 40 Trailer, then another record, then the Top 40 trailer then another record. He did it with his signature dry wit and low-key enthusiasm.

Funny how some people really get under your skin and make you remember such random stuff about them, but I guess that's why - to most people like us who appreciate it - Kevin Greening was a genius.

It's a sad loss for all those who knew him, or knew his work.

I always thought Kevin would turn up on Radio 2 one day. As lots of people have said, he was a very talented broadcaster, but also a very nice person.

I'm sure I've still got a couple of e-mails from him on my old PC when he worked at Radio 1. His personal responses said it all.

So what did he die of? They're all being rather secretive about it. AIDS?

What shocking news, I'm stunned. I actually heard a trailer for his weekday show this Saturday lunchtime on London's Smooth Radio, so it looks like a totally out of the blue occurrence

People do just die suddenly without warning, just look at the other tragic death of the Motherwell footballer at the weekend. Just because nothing's being said doesn't mean anything, it's private and there's a very good chance that no-one knows yet

Very sad, his talent was vastly underused

Smooth Radio now have an on-line Book of Condolence:-

http://www.smoothradiolondon.com/on_air/kevin_greening/

I think until we know for certain it's best not to speculate. It's scary though because I'm not much younger than him and it makes me worry about sleeping!!