Died last night. Can't pretend I liked the bloke but still a bit of a shocker.
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Blimey.
Agree with what you said Shaggy.
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Cancer I think. I caught 5 minutes of that journo horror show Sunday Supplement on, er, Sunday and noticed another journo was presenting it instead of Woolnough.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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I saw him on TV not so long ago and it occured to me that he had aged 'badly'. I guess he was long term ill.Originally posted by Shaggy View PostOh I don't know.Comment
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Wow. I wondered why someone else was doing it. Must have been a pretty swift degeneration, he didn't look particularly ill when he was presenting it last season.Comment
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think he had that a while back, must have come back.
Danny Fulbrook who also wrote for the star died aged 40 of it to, he was always on that Sunday SUpplement to._____________________________________
Weak willed, Wank or do they have a masterplan?
Think we have the answer..Slot!!
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Crazy - the other guest they used to have on regularly, Danny Fullbrook, died of cancer too. 40.
EDIT - Never saw red_g's postComment
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THE Daily Star is sad to announce the death of chief sports writer Brian Woolnough.
The 63-year-old had been suffering from bowel cancer and died at home. Wooly, as he was affectionately known, joined the Star from the Sun in 2001.
He was one of the country’s best known sports journalists and was constantly in demand by TV and radio for his well-informed and cutting opinions.
He had also hosted Sky Sports' popular Sunday Supplement since 2007, after previously being the presenter of Hold the Back Page from August 1994.
He started his career at The Esher News in Surrey after his mother saw an advert in the paper for a cub reporter.
After working at the Evening Post in Hemel Hempstead and for United Newspapers he was headhunted by The Sun, where he worked his way up to become chief football writer.
He stayed there for 27 years, once nearly joining great rivals the Daily Mirror, before being poached by the Star to become chief sports writer in 2001.
The role suited him perfectly, and he was able to use his expanded brief to display his love, and knowledge, of among other sports rugby union, cricket and boxing.
Regarded as one of the profession’s true gents, that did not stop he going into the referee’s room and confronting the official in Rotterdam in 1993 after a controversial decision looked to have denied England a place in the 1994 World Cup finals.
And he was front page news himself in 2004, when his typically trenchant views after watching a display by Norwich City saw him dominate local newspapers and TV bulletins.
It was all smoothed over during lunch with Delia Smith. And he was right, Norwich were relegated.
He was widely-known and respected inside and outside the profession, and must have been one of the few journalists to have been regularly asked for his autograph.
He leaves a wife, Linda, and three children.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Eerily Woolnough wrote this about him. Now he's gone too. Terrible really, both so young.Originally posted by Daniel 7 View Post
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I did wonder why he wasn't presenting Sunday Supplement this season. I didn't miss him from the show as he used to annoy me quite often. This is very sad news though and i am assuming fairly sudden as i have not heard anything about him being ill.Comment
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He was one of the main reasons I never watched that show on Sundays, but nonetheless it is sad to see anyone taken by that horrible disease."Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob PaisleyComment
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Awful way to watch a family member go as I'm sure loads on here can unfortunately say aswell.Comment
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he had looked painfully thin during last season and although never really agreed with him as said previously a sad way to goOh I say his vision there was lovelyComment
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