No inquest will be held into the death of Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright , a coroner’s court has said. Veteran BBC 2 radio broadcaster Wright, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK, died aged 69 in February. Following his death, West Minster Coroner’s Court said in a statement that an inquest would not be required.
‘The coroner has now discontinued this case,’ it continued. Coroners investigate sudden, violent or unnatural deaths such as an accident or suicide. They can decide whether there are grounds to hold an inquest for a natural death, which can happen in a case of neglect or if the person was in police custody or prison at the time of death.
Metropolitan Police previously said Wright’s death at a flat in the Marylebone area of central London ‘was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious .’ Emergency services sped to Wright’s home in central London around 10am on February 12, but he was found dead at the scene . A London ambulance spokesperson told the Mail Online : ‘We were called at 10.
07am on Monday 12 February to reports of an incident. ‘We sent a number of resources to the scene. Very sadly, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
’ 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. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video He had a stint at .