direct to your inboxFormer Piccadilly Radio presenter and popular Manchester DJ Umberto Saoncella has died, close friends have reported.The broadcaster made his name with the 'Umberto Breakfast show' which aired on the radio station, and after it moved to Piccadilly Gold in 1998.Close friends said in a Facebook post that the DJ had passed away on December 17 after losing his battle with an 'awful illness.'"After a few weeks in hospital he came home to spend his last days with his partner Bob and his closest friends," the post read."He was cared for by an extensive team of carers and district nurses, who were marvellous, he passed away peacefully."Tributes have poured in for the popular broadcaster, who was highly regarded among the.
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