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Radio

Farewell to a natural born broadcaster

7 September 2013

9:00 AM

7 September 2013

9:00 AM

‘He was a natural broadcaster,’ said Nick Higham, after the death last week of the rugby player and sports broadcaster Cliff Morgan. I wondered what he meant. ‘Natural’ as in born to the task? Or ‘natural’ as in his ability to communicate as if chatting directly to you, and only you, with no pretension or affectation, just a desire to tell a good story, to convey his enthusiasm?

I still miss Morgan on Saturday mornings.

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