Update in probe into unexpected death of BBC radio DJ Steve Wright aged 69
NO inquest will be held into the death of Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright, a coroner’s court has said.
The veteran BBC presenter died at the age of 69 in February.
Westminster coroner’s court said: “An inquest will not be required for Mr Wright.
“The coroner has now discontinued this case.”
Coroners investigate sudden, violent or unnatural deaths such as an accident or suicide.
They can also decide to hold an inquest into a natural death in circumstances such as neglect.
The Met had said the death at a flat in the Marylebone area of central London “was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious”.
Wright first joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show and held various positions including an afternoon show and a breakfast show at the station.
He had a stint at commercial radio before returning to BBC Radio 2 in 1996 to host Steve Wright‘s Saturday Show and Sunday Love Songs and three years later presented Steve Wright In The Afternoon every weekday on Radio 2.
Wright stepped down in September 2022, replaced by Scott Mills in a schedule shake-up, but the star continued to present Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.
Michael Ball has since been announced as the host of a Sunday love songs show, which has been retitled Love Songs With Michael Ball.
Wright was made an MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio.