Radio host dies in the middle of his live broadcast
A local radio presenter has died in the middle of a live broadcast after suffering a heart attack.
Tim Gough, a 55-year-old journalist from Suffolk in the UK, was the presenter of the daily breakfast show for GenX Radio Suffolk.
An hour into the show, the music stopped playing halfway through, leaving audiences confused about the interference.
The music resumed a few minutes later but Mr Gough, who had been speaking just moments earlier, did not return and later the station confirmed he had passed away.
GenX Radio Suffolk posted on their social media accounts, "It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to inform you, our dear friend and breakfast host Tim Gough passed away this morning whilst presenting his program."
"Our love to his family, son, sister, brother and mum."
"Tim was doing what he loved. He was 55 years old."
The host, whose radio career dated back to 1986, had wished his listeners a good morning and gave weather updates across Suffolk, just minutes before Grey Day by Madness stopped abruptly.
The father-of-one spoke his final words after playing Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones, commenting that it was the birthday of bass guitarist Bill Wyman, a Suffolk resident.
James Hazell, managing director of GenX Radio Suffolk, took over the broadcast to inform listeners of the situation.
He said, "Despite the best efforts of the paramedics, who were on site very quickly, some 20, 25 minutes doing what they could to revive to - it was not to be."
"I really have no words at this stage, he was 55-years-old, very healthy. Who knows why these things happened, but its happened."
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