Harry Gration has died

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  1. Prince of Risborough

    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    Just announced on Look North at the end of the program. Amy Garcia in bits making the announcement.

    Another one gone....
     
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    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    Prince of Risborough, Jun 24, 2022
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    Good old Yorkshire boy.. RIP.
     
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    Sad news, I met Harry several times in the Oakwell press area, a really genuine man.
     
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    Sad news. RiP Harry.
     
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    He seemed to be a good bloke. RIP Harry.
     
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    Always a smiling face. RIP sir.
     
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    Sad day. Met him a few years ago at the Wakefield 10k.

    Just seen look north and Amy Garcia was in bits poor lass. Screenshot_20220624-190856_Gallery.jpg
     
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    He has a young child iirc, can't be any older than 2.

    Sad news, RIP Harry.
     
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    A sad loss. Always came across as so very genuine.
     
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    A sad loss. Always came across as so very genuine.
     
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    RIP Harry, a very sad day
     
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    Spent time with Harry on a number of occasions over the years and he was my kind of bloke - just himself. No persona, no on and off switch, just genuinely himself. And I can't speak highly enough of that trait, particularly in the modern world where being fake or trying to copy others seems en vogue.

    Sad news.
     
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    Oh dear, very sad. RIP Harry.
     
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    RiP - great presenter and seemed a genuinely likeable person
     
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    A "proper" broadcaster of the old school and, as others have said, genuine with it. Compare him to some of the modern generation of news people and I know who I would rather listen to. It was a sad day when he left the BBC a couple of years ago and his sudden death today has come as a shock. No doubt there will be a full tribute to him on Look North tomorrow.
     
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    Typical Yorkshireman too. Used to come in my mobile phone shop in the early 2000s and continually complain he had to top his phone up £10 at a time because that was the minimum and he only wanted to do a fiver.
     
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    A real proud Yorkshire man i would imagine his good friend Dickie Bird will be in bits . Rip Harry
     
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    Poor Amy was in absolute bits. Such sad news. Worked with Harry a few times at various Olympics - he used to be our judo commentator. Smashing bloke. RIP.....
     
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    RIP Harry. Feels like he's been around forever.
    Very sad to lose such a likeable chap.
     
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