Paddy O’Byrne, much loved by South African
radio listeners, died at the age of 83 at home in Mullingar in Ireland earlier
this week, just days before his 84th birthday. His health had recently declined
because of a diminished lung capacity.
A barrister and a former BBC radio
announcer, he moved to South Africa where he became a broadcasting icon. His was
the voice that launched Talk Radio 702 some 33 years ago.
He was also well-known for his many
appearances in Springbok Radio, including No Place To Hide (1958–1970),
a story about the “world's strangest investigator, Mark Saxon ..." which
was created by Monty Doyle and also starred Dewar McCormack, Brian
O'Shaughnessy, Adrian Steed, Stuart Brown and Bruce Anderson.
O’Byrne also appeared in the films The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989) and Crazy Safari (1991).
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