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Ed Doolan
Born
Edwin Myer Doolan

(1941-07-20)20 July 1941
Radio broadcaster
Years active1970–2017
SpouseChristine Doolan

Edwin Myer Doolan

BBC WM
on Sunday lunchtime. He was honoured by the British Radio Academy, earning a place in the Radio Hall of Fame. He was presented with Honorary Doctorates from Birmingham's three universities and was the first person to have ever achieved that honour.

On Doolan's lunchtime show of 22 February 2011 he announced he was cutting down on the number of shows he would be presenting, stating he could no longer "continue the current work schedule".[1]

His lunchtime show was on a Friday only from 9 September 2011, and he began presenting a new 9 am – 12 noon Sunday show from 11 September 2011, before reducing his workload even further and switching to a Sunday lunchtime show.[citation needed]

It was announced that Ed Doolan had died in his sleep on the morning of 16 January 2018. He had been suffering from dementia.[2]

Career

After a ten-year career as a school teacher in Sydney, Edinburgh and from 1967 at

UK.[4]

From 1974 until 1981 Doolan worked at

Midlands Today and has written approaching 950 weekly columns for the Birmingham Mail
.

On his consumer show, Doolan aimed to 'make a difference' to the less fortunate and in his radio and charity work he can proudly claim to have had great success, being heavily involved in the many charities carrying his name. Doolan had a huge collection of radio and television programmes on cassette, reel to reel, VHS, CD and DVD. He discovered a 1968 "Christmas Night with the Stars" containing a ten-minute lost segment of Dad's Army

In 1993, Doolan co-presented the live and local TV talk show

Princess Anne, and all high-profile West Midland politicians since 1974.[citation needed
]

Doolan interviewed every British Prime Minister since Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963), except Harold Wilson.[5]

In January 2015 Doolan revealed that he had been coping with dementia for two years, and that was the reason why he had stopped working on live radio, although he plans to continue working "as long as the BBC will let me". He says ″Up till now I've kept pretty quiet about this because I wasn't quite sure how to approach it. But I think if what's happening to me is happening to other people who can come out and say this is me, this is what's happening, then people don't get frightened by it.″.[6]

Death

Doolan died in the early hours of 16 January 2018.[7]

His funeral was held on the afternoon of 5 February 2018 in a private ceremony in Redditch. A memorial service was held at Birmingham Cathedral on 17 May 2018.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Presenter Ed Doolan reduces shows". BBC News. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "BBC WM presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76 after dementia battle". BBC News. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ Hughes, Patrick; Davis, Ian F. (ed). Highgate School Register 1833–1988. p. 103. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Random radio jottings: Ed Doolan". 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Young, Graham (26 January 2015). "Radio star Ed Doolan battling dementia: 'Suddenly I find I can't communicate'". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ^ "BBC presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76". BBC News. BBC. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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