Radio presenter and match day announcer for Liverpool FC, Phil Easton, died on 2 February, 2009, at the age of 59.

The veteran broadcaster suffered a brain haemorrhage shortly after presenting his breakfast show on Liverpool’s City Talk radio station.

Mr Easton worked with Radio City for more than 30 years and was one of the first presenters to join the station when it was launched in 1975.

He was also the first broadcaster to be heard on City Talk 105.9 when Liverpool’s all-talk station went on the air in January last year.

The presenter hosted the breakfast show with Kim Hughes and shortly before his death interviewed Prime Minister Gordon Brown when he visited Liverpool.

In his career, he also fronted the Magic FM breakfast programme and built up a loyal following with his pioneering show, The Great Easton Express, which ran for 12 years.

His voice was also familiar to thousands of football fans at Anfield who would hear his voice booming over the Tannoy system at games.