Tony Wilson loses his battle to cancer

This is so, so sad.

I never knew or met Tony personally, and only ever saw him twice in person on stage introducing New Order at the Hacienda, which are such good personal memories for me.

I think that its more tragic that some of his recent work on XFM Manchester and on TV recently on Sunday's was still so brilliant. Aside from his musical legacy, Tony was Granada local news in the North West for so many years and he paved the way for so many young journalists.

On the day that the High Court ruled against Alzheimer's suffers, Tony's plight at the hands of NHS pen pushers and accountants is just so, so disgusting to people who, like him, thought the NHS was there for everyone and not just a postcode bingo.

He will be sadly missed and my sympathy goes to his family, friends and all those who have been lucky over the years to work with him and know him and, like me, watch him and be inspired and infuriated at the same time.

Tony, you were a big character and a real broadcasting legend.


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