Alistair (Ali) Bruce-Ball
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
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And very sadly, I found out on the very eve of coming here to this World Cup that he had sadly died yesterday.
in the weeks before the World Cup.
And he had a memorial service in Darlington that I would have loved to have gone to because, as I say, he was such an important figure in my career because when I finished university and then did a postgraduate degree in radio journalism,
As you two, I'm sure, remember at the time, there were only probably, I don't know, six or eight colleges that did that in the country.
And I got turned down flat by...
Five of them or six of them, however many it was.
And Darlington College of Technology was my final chance.
And many of these courses had done long, drawn out processes, full days interviews.
You had to get through this.
Then there was another interview and I failed them all.
I went to Darlington and with Malcolm, it was like a sit down chat.
And after about three minutes, Malcolm said, yep, you're on the course.
And, you know, from that, my career developed and, you know, stayed in touch with Malcolm.
He was a great guy and a real old fashioned, proper investigative journalist as well.
And he went on to work for ITV as well.
I know he has so many friends back in the UK and all of us who are on our course will miss him terribly.
So I just want to mention him here.
and pass on my thoughts to his friends and family and say, sorry, I wasn't able to get to what sounded like an amazing memorial event as well.
So there we are, Malcolm Wright.
Yeah, well said, John.
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