Kamogelo Olaitan
Tributes have been pouring for veteran radio and television personality Jeremy Mansfield.
Mansfield, former 94.7 radio presenter who hosted the Rude Awakening breakfast show died in the early hours of Monday morning at his home after a battle with liver cancer at the age of 59.
The news of his passing was confirmed by his friend Sam Cowen on a Facebook page.
“Jeremy Mansfield lived large, he didn’t know how to do small,” she said.
“He loved hard, laughed loud, and managed to combine mischief and mayhem with heart and soul.”
She said the city was brighter and lighter with him on the airwaves and he changed lives every day.
“When he wasn’t raising millions for charity he was raising fresh hell!” she said.
“The family is devastated and is asking for privacy during this time.”
She said that right until the end they were reading him messages from his fans.
“He was happy to hear them all. Every single one. He knew he was loved and it mattered. He mattered.”
Many radio personalities took to social media to pay tribute to Mansfield.
Radio 702 presenter John Robbie wrote: “Hard to believe that Jeremy Mansfield has passed on. ‘Larger than life’ does not do him justice. A totally unique person on and off the radio. Hamba kahle old mate.”
Mark Pilgrim, who is also battling terminal cancer, tweeted: “The radio industry is a family. Today we say goodbye to one of our own. Always remembered. Goodbye, big guy. RIP Jeremy.”
