Murray Walker RIP

[Vacumatic]

Some very sad news.

Murray Walker: Formula 1 broadcasting legend dies at 97

Former Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker dies at the age of 97.

www.bbc.co.uk

Superb at his job and will be really missed.

 

[ajc347]

That's really sad news indeed.

 

[Northam Saint]

Sad news, but a good innings. Saw him once at Goodwood Festival of Speed. He had obviously finished what ever he was doing and walking around in his own, passed shoulder to shoulder in a bridge over the track. Most might of stopped him for an autograph. I didn’t bother him, a man having a moment of peace and solitude away from all that goes with fame.

 

[Paper Plane]

He was sitting in a cafe in North London I dropped in to on my way to a model railway exhibition back in the early 1990s. I just sad hello and thank you and left him to his snap. Anything else would have been bad manners. Loved his commentaries.

steve

 

[Merkurologist]

Very sad news

 

[Stonec0ld]

Such a legend, many happy memories watching the F1 with my Dad as a kid listening to his commentating

 

[chrisbd]

The voice of motorsport, it was never the same without him. I heard today he stopped commentating 20 years ago, hard to imagine. RIP Murray.

 

[Vacumatic]

One of those rare breed of commentator who brought his personality to his work, he rose to fame working on scrambling on TV on saturday afternoons, he was a natural choice for Touring Car racing and F1 and almost anything with an engine.

Famous for his mistakes which didn't detract from his popularity in any shape or form.