Anthony Howard Wilson, 20 February 1950-10 August 2007
Friday, 17 August 2007
Lots of people round here have been touched by the death of regional TV superstar, Factory Records supremo and all round good egg Tony Wilson last week.
I came into contact with him a couple of times. When I was at university I worked one time as a runner for the In The City music conference, which he organised. I wanted to ask him for an interview for the student paper but never plucked up the courage. I’m sure he would have done it. I remember a couple of the other teenagers working there pestered him for a written reference, which he did willingly - scrawled on the spot on headed notepaper and filled with praise.
Michael Taylor has listed ten of his memories about Tony here. Despite being a Liverpool fan, the Bruges rosette stunt amuses me greatly.
There’s also a nice tribute to his skills as a broadcaster by David Boulton here.
