Ed Doolan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Doolan

British DJ

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2018

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Edwin Myer Doolan MBE (20 July 1941 – 16 January 2018) was an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who was a veteran of Birmingham's first commercial radio station BRMB, and subsequently the BBC.
At the BBC he presented a weekly show trawling through his broadcast archives from noon until 1 pm on 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".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.It was announced that Ed Doolan had died in his sleep on the morning of 16 January 2018.
He had been suffering from dementia.