BBC radio legend dies suddenly after playing tennis as wife shares touching tribute

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David Arscott has sadly died aged 81, passing away on a bench in the grounds of Lewes Priory on 29 November after playing a game of tennis.The BBC presenter was known for hosting and producing Radio Brighton, later called Radio Sussex, from the 1970s until 1991.

He leaves behind his wife, Jill, seven children - three of which he shared with Jill - and ten grandchildren. And paying a touching tribute to the radio star following his passing, his wife shared: "He liked people and rarely judged them.

Although he loved his writing he always said that radio presenting was the best job he had ever had. "Few things riled David, but a misplaced comma certainly did.

David had long been the county's laureate, telling its story in his own words and in his warm voice in dozens of books, programmes and talks all over Sussex.