Heart attack, aged 73. Ski Sunday was one of my favourite programmes when I was much younger, it's really never been anywhere close to what it was since he left.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 12 January 2009 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
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Just saving everyone else the bother.
― Yehudi Menudo (NickB), Monday, 12 January 2009 12:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Ski Sunday was good, despite DV seemingly knowing chuff all about skiing.
― Yehudi Menudo (NickB), Monday, 12 January 2009 12:47 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP. He seemed like a nice bloke. Do they still say "wages time" on the snooker?
― Francisco Javier Sánchez Brot (onimo), Monday, 12 January 2009 12:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Incredible gravelly voice, it should be pointed out, really thick and husky. None of his Ski Sunday stuff appears to be on YouTube, which is a pity - am feeling quite nostalgic for hearing him yelling Alberto Tomba down the hill.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 12 January 2009 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sure there's plenty of Superstars footage to be found.
― Yehudi Menudo (NickB), Monday, 12 January 2009 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
He was quoted in the Guardian on, I think, Saturday about the demotion of Clive Everton from the BBC snooker commentary team. RIP.
― Beloved lightbulb (Neil S), Monday, 12 January 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
It's also occurred to me that, when I was a kid, I definitely never thought David Vine was from Britain, his voice was just that strange. I assumed he was from, like, Canada or somewhere - Devon never entered my radar.
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link