RIP Murray Walker
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Eric Olthwaite
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RIP, he gave millions a lot of joy. And who can forget perhaps his greatest line of commentary:
'Unless I'm very much mistaken... I AM very much mistaken!!!
'Unless I'm very much mistaken... I AM very much mistaken!!!
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Couldn't agree more. I don't think anyone has had the energy and passion of his commentary since he unplugged his Microphone. A thoroughly likeable chap. Sad news indeed...
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Deleted member 1258
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Sad news but a great innings.
Smokin Joe
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A motorsport great, better known than a few world champions. He was on Desert island Discs about a decade ago and was hugely entertaining, even offering a few of his own favourite Murryisms, "There's nothing wrong with the car except it's on fire".
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
97 is a good innings though. Murray Walker and Bill McLaren were probably my two favourite commentators.
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Deleted member 26715
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V Sad news 
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
“Catching is one thing, passing is another” RIP Sir
Pale Rider
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He had a few entertaining on air spats with James Hunt.
One of which ended with Walker saying: "James Hunt is right and I am wrong."
One of which ended with Walker saying: "James Hunt is right and I am wrong."
Grant Fondo
Guru
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- Cheshire
Will miss him for his humour, Mansell can see him in his earphone' etc etc. Legend
I don't often get upset by celebrity passings, but this one has hit me hard. It's not coincidental that I stopped watching a couple of years after he retired. His enthusiasm was incredibly infectious, and his ability to spin compelling narratives is what made it watchable.
I couldn't put a number on how many hours I've spent listening to his commentary.
Can't complain about the innings and the career and the massive admiration people had for him, but still...
I couldn't put a number on how many hours I've spent listening to his commentary.
Can't complain about the innings and the career and the massive admiration people had for him, but still...
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Sad to see, but that's a good innings nonetheless.
Funny though, he's not my "voice of motorsport", as I didn't have a telly until I was 13, so I used to listen to Simon Taylor's F1 commentary on Radio 2 back in the day... An equally distinctive voice, but then when I *did* get a telly, I couldn't help be entertained by Murray's "pants on fire" commentary style.
And then there were the off-the-record stories about Murray and a racing driver's crackpot uncle that filtered my way via private channels. They still make me giggle, even after all these years...
Funny though, he's not my "voice of motorsport", as I didn't have a telly until I was 13, so I used to listen to Simon Taylor's F1 commentary on Radio 2 back in the day... An equally distinctive voice, but then when I *did* get a telly, I couldn't help be entertained by Murray's "pants on fire" commentary style.
And then there were the off-the-record stories about Murray and a racing driver's crackpot uncle that filtered my way via private channels. They still make me giggle, even after all these years...
