BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright died aged 69 from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach, his death certificate has now confirmed.
The veteran radio broadcaster, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK, died suddenly at his £2million home in London on February 12.
Wright’s death certificate has now been revealed by BBC News, which said it stated that his causes of death were acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer.
Peritonitis is an infection of the lining of the stomach, according to the NHS. A perforated ulcer is a rarer complication when the lining of the stomach splits open.
A relative registered his death at Westminster Register Office last Wednesday, after the coroner’s court confirmed on May 20 that no inquest would be held.
BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright (pictured in May 2015) died from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach
Wright, who died in February at the age of 69, is pictured in his recording studio in 1994
Wright (pictured in 1999) hosted Steve Wright’s Saturday Show and Sunday Love Songs
The Metropolitan Police previously said that Wright’s death in the Marylebone area of Central London ‘was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious’.
Wright last appeared on air on February 11, one day before his death, hosting a pre-recorded special Valentine’s Day edition of his Love Songs programme on Radio 2.
The broadcaster joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show before moving on to host Steve Wright In The Afternoon a year later until 1993.
Wright then fronted the Radio 1 Breakfast show for a year until 1995, and completed a stint at commercial radio stations.
He then returned to BBC Radio 2 in 1996 to host Steve Wright’s Saturday Show and Sunday Love Songs.
Wright first joined Radio 1 in 1980 to host a Saturday evening show. He is pictured that year
Wright married Cyndi Robinson but they divorced in 1999. They are pictured at their wedding
In 1999, he recreated Steve Wright In The Afternoon every weekday on Radio 2, with celebrity interviews and entertaining trivia featured in his Factoids segment.
Wright stepped down in September 2022, replaced by Scott Mills in a schedule shake-up, but Wright continued to present Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.
Last month, Michael Ball took over as the host of a new Sunday love songs show, which was retitled Love Songs With Michael Ball.
Wright was made an MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio.