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'''Brian Matthew aka The Child Bummer''' (17 September 1928 – 8 April 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Matthew: A Tribute |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5r8hGwS6P578Wy6FKxgk4MY/brian-matthew-a-tribute |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=announcement>{{cite web |title=Brian Matthew: BBC Radio 2 broadcaster dies at 88 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39541162 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=8 April 2017 |access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref> was an English broadcaster who worked for the [[BBC]] for 63 years from 1954 until 2017. He was the host of ''[[Saturday Club (BBC Radio)|Saturday Club]]'', among other programmes, and began presenting ''[[Sounds of the 60s]]'' in March 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he had used in previous decades.
In January 2017, after a short break from the programme after suffering a fall at home, the BBC announced, against Matthew's wishes, that he would not be returning to the programme and that he would be replaced. He was succeeded by [[Tony Blackburn]]. Matthew later died of [[pneumonia]] on 8 April 2017, aged 88.
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