Beloved BBC Radio producer Malcolm Brown, a close collaborator with the late DJ Steven Wright,has reportedly died.
The veteran producer made a name for himself in the 80s after working on Wright’s shows – 1982’s Young Steve And The Afternoon Boys and 1986’s The Legendary Pub Singer – which went on to have huge success.
Wright, the BBC Radio 2 DJ, died aged 69 in February from a ruptured stomach ulcer.
The top producer was ‘hugely respected’ in the industry and has been paid tribute to by friends and colleagues online.
Fellow adio producer Shaun Tilley wrote on Instagram: ‘Such sad news about legendary BBC producer Malcolm Brown passing away.
‘He was hugely respected and liked in equal measure as well as being very helpful to me during the making of my Radio 1 series.
‘Although I could never persuade him to sit down with me and record his wonderful memories. Here he is to the far left of this pic during a R1 week out in South Wales. God bless you Malc!!’
Songwriter David Mindel echoed on Facebook: ‘Sad that we lost Malcolm Brown yesterday, the only Radio One producer to buy a round in my presence and after being injured in a football match against us pluggers, insisted on having a few pints and lunch before going to hospital…with a broken leg!’
Per the Mirror, another friend Richard Pearson, wrote: ‘Awww no. Malcolm was a great bloke and the only R1 producer to support me, in my maverick attempts to convince the R1 hierarchy, that the world in 1977 was a different place to that of 1967 and that the station needed to reflect this.’
He shared that he ‘loved the fact that he played the organ at his church on Sundays’ and would ‘raise a pint of Guinness to Malcolm’.
Brown started his career as a trainee studio manager in 1963 and slowly climbed his way up the ranks, including a stint at the Irish radio station  Atlantic 252.
In 1999, former BBC Radio 1 executive producer David Atkey recruited him to produce four outside broadcasts.
Metro has reached out to the BBC for comment.
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