Everything you need to know as BBC and LBC star Brian Hayes' death is announced following a stellar career that spanned five decades.

Everything you need to know about radio star Brian Hayes' death...

It was announced today that former BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host Brian Hayes has died, prompting a flood of tributes from some of radio's biggest stars.

The much-loved presenter, who worked for LBC, Radio 5 Live , Capital and fronted Radio 2's breakfast show for a year before being replaced by Terry Wogan , had died aged 87.

He was credited with in transforming the genre of call-in radio starting in the 1970s. LBC's James O'Brien said today: "If he didn't invent the genre of radio that we all attempt to provide you with every day, then he certainly revolutionised it."

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