Mark Goodier has been revealed as Steve Wright’s replacement on BBC Radio 2 Pick of the Pops following the DJ legend’s tragic death.
The legendary radio host was found dead in his home on February 12 at the age of 69, four years after his ex-wife died during Covid, which had made him “extremely withdrawn”.
It has now been confirmed that Mark will take over Steve’s Saturday lunch schedule from July while the show continues.
In a press release, he said: “It’s an honor to host the iconic Pick of the Pops, although I wish it were under happier circumstances as I was friends with Steve for almost 40 years.”
“I can’t wait to reminisce with Radio 2 listeners as we revisit two years of their lives, playing some of the greatest records ever recorded.”
Mark Goodier has been revealed as Steve Wright’s replacement on BBC Radio 2 Pick of the Pops following the DJ legend’s tragic death.
Steve had presented Sunday Love Songs and Pick of the Pops on the station until his death.
It was claimed that he became extremely withdrawn and stopped going out after his ex-wife died during Covid.
Locals living near the DJ’s £2million apartment, where he was found dead, said it was “completely shut down” following the pandemic.
The neighbors said Sun He stopped drinking in the area and believes the sudden death of his ex-wife Cyndi Robinson at the age of 65 in July 2020 had hit Wright hard.
The couple divorced “out of the blue” in 1999 after 27 years of marriage in which they had two children together: Lucy and Tom.
Wright’s son Tom had been living in Los Angeles but revealed he had returned to the UK. take care of his father before his death.
A neighbor said Wright stopped going out in recent years after the country emerged from the Covid pandemic.
‘He was a different person. “Even before he finished his radio show,” they said, “he was extremely withdrawn.”
The legendary radio presenter was found dead in his home on February 12 at the age of 69, four years after his ex-wife died during Covid, causing him to become “extremely withdrawn”.
It has now been confirmed that Mark will take over Steve’s Saturday lunch schedule from July as the show continues (LR Mark Goodier, Emma Freud, Steve Wright and Nicky Campbell pictured).
It has been claimed Wright was in talks to host his own TV show, 18 months after being replaced on radio by Scott Mills.
His friend of 40 years, publicist Gary Farrow, said he believes Wright “died of a broken heart” after being “devastated” to lose his popular afternoon slot on Radio 2 in 2022.
But Tom has now spoken of his gratitude for having the opportunity to bond with his father in his final days.
In a touching social media post, the grieving son said: “It meant a lot to me to be able to get to know my dad in a way I never had in the months before his death.”
‘I will cherish every moment we shared and every memory we created.
“I just hope to make him proud and build on his legacy with kindness and love.”
It was claimed that Steve became extremely withdrawn and stopped going out after his ex-wife, Cyndi Robinson, died during Covid. They appear in the photo on their wedding day.
He added: “This made it worth spending this time with him before losing him.”
Just two days before his father died, Tom posted that he had returned to Britain to spend a week with him before being awarded his MBE in the New Year Honors list.
He said he hopes to one day find solace in recordings of his father’s radio shows.
Tom wrote about losing both of his parents: “Thank God I’m sober as this would have killed me even a couple of years ago after losing Mum to the pandemic in the same way without being able to see him before she passed away.” Flying back to take care of the old bastard.
Wright was found dead in his £2million apartment on Monday morning after paramedics were called to an “incident”, MailOnline revealed.
Emergency services rushed to the star’s home in Marylebone, central London, shortly after 10am on February 12, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
His “unexpected” death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner, police said.
The radio personality presented shows for BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 for more than four decades.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson told MailOnline: “We were called at 10.07am on Monday 12 February to reports of an incident.
‘We sent several resources to the scene. Sadly, one person was pronounced dead at the scene.’
DJ Steve Wright arrives at the 2003 Sony Radio Awards