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NO inquest will be held into the death of Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright, a coroner’s court has said. The veteran BBC presenter died at the age of 69 in February . Westminster coroner’s court said: “An inquest will not be required for Mr Wright.

“The coroner has now discontinued this case.” Coroners investigate sudden, violent or ­unnatural deaths such as an accident or suicide. They can also decide to hold an inquest into a natural death in circumstances such as neglect.



The Met had said the death at a flat in the Marylebone area of central London “was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious”. 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 presented 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 the star continued to present Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2. Michael Ball has since been announced as the host of a Sunday love songs show, which has been 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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