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Robin Bignall - 23 Nov 2006 22:52 GMT

It was announced tonight that Nick Clarke, a popular performer on BBC
Radio 4, has died of cancer. As well as presenting the World at One,
Clarke also chaired Any Questions and Any Answers when Jonathan
Dimbleby was away, the Round Britain Quiz and the debate series Straw
Poll. Last year he was diagnosed with cancer, which led to him having
a leg amputated, but he was expected to make a full recovery.

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the Omrud - 23 Nov 2006 22:56 GMT

Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> had it:

> It was announced tonight that Nick Clarke, a popular performer on BBC
> Radio 4, has died of cancer. As well as presenting the World at One,
> Clarke also chaired Any Questions and Any Answers when Jonathan
> Dimbleby was away, the Round Britain Quiz and the debate series Straw
> Poll. Last year he was diagnosed with cancer, which led to him having
> a leg amputated, but he was expected to make a full recovery.

I heard many tributes as I drove back from Bracknell this evening.
And I'm rather touched by the Radio 4 front page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

His audio diary, broadcast earlier this year, which followed his
diagnosis and operation was splendid. I'd heard him back at work in
the summer, and had assumed that all was well. Pity.

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RIP Nick Clarke