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Alan Thompson (19 July 1963 – 28 September 2017) was a British
radio broadcaster Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio sta ...
, presenting on
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. He first became involved in music in 1980, when he became the lead singer and songwriter of the band Peppermint Parlour. He had his first encounter with BBC Radio Wales when he dropped off a recording of a song and he was asked to record songs for the station. He later presented the Evening Show for BBC Radio Wales for four years. He died from
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on 28 September 2017 at the age of 54. He left a legacy behind for a cult following in the
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, particularly among members of
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film and music company Crusty Entertainment, who viewed him as a type of mascot.


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