Robert Paul Sandall (9 June 1952 – 20 July 2010)
- accessed December 2010 was a British musician,

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and

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. He was best known as co-presenter of

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's '' Mixing It'' and ''

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'' programmes.

Life

Sandall was born on 9 June 1952 in

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. In the late 1970s he was a singer and guitarist in London-based punk band Blunt Instrument, later known as London Zoo. He wrote for '' Q'', ''

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'', '' The Word'' and '' GQ'' magazines. After a brief period at ''

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'', in 1988 he became the rock critic for ''

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''. From 1990 until 2007 he presented, with

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's '' Mixing It'' programme. After ending on Radio 3 the show moved to

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in London, where it continued for a further two years under the name ''Where's the Skill in That?''. Sandall also presented of the BBC's ''

'', and contributed to

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's '' Front Row''. He also worked at VH-1 UK on the Take It To The Bridge show in 1995 co-presenting with Pip Dann. From 1996 to 2002 he was director of communications at

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Personal life

Sandall was married to Anita Mackie. The couple had one daughter, Grace. He died after a long battle with

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References

External links

Articles at Rockpages

Obituary: The Arts Desk

Obituary: Music Week
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandall, Robert 1952 births 2010 deaths People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford British music history British radio DJs Deaths from prostate cancer English radio personalities People from Pinner BBC Radio 3 presenters