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Radio presenter Mark Benson dies
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 15 June 2016
The radio presenter Mark Benson, who had worked for a plethora of commercial radio stations during his career, has died. Confirming the news, the DJ’s brother wrote on Facebook yesterday that “for some time [Mark] has been battling his inner demons and over the weekend he has finally has lost the war”.
Starting his career in hospital radio and then at Radio Top Shop, Benson subsequently hosted shows on numerous stations, including Capital, Smooth Radio, Real Radio, Key 103 and Radio City, as well as working for radio firms abroad. Most recently he was presenting the drive time show on Sunshine Radio.
Sunshine’s Station Manager, Mark Edwards, is quoted by Radio Today as saying: “Mark was a well liked and popular man as well as a professional radio presenter. All of us are deeply shocked and deeply saddened at the loss of one of our colleagues. He was a gentleman and quiet soul. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this distressing time”.
