12 Facts About Rory Morrison

Rory David Morrison was a newsreader and continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4.

Rory Morrison was brought up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and was educated at The Chase School and Malvern College.

Rory Morrison graduated from Durham University in 1986 with a degree in English Language and Literature.

Rory Morrison began his radio broadcasting career as a travel reporter and presenter for Beacon Radio, an independent local radio station covering Shropshire, Wolverhampton and the Black Country.

Rory Morrison first joined the BBC in 1990, as the presenter of an afternoon programme on BBC Radio Leeds.

Rory Morrison later worked for two other local stations, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Cleveland.

Rory Morrison then moved to the British Forces Broadcasting Service before returning to the BBC as a continuity announcer on Radio 4 in April 1994.

Rory Morrison later joined the newsreading team, and regularly appeared on The News Quiz, as a reader for amusing newspaper cuttings during the programme.

Rory Morrison married BBC journalist Nikki Jenkins in 1994; the couple met while working for BBC Radio Leeds, and had two children together.

Rory Morrison was diagnosed with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a rare type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in 2004.

Rory Morrison provided a live outdoor continuity announcement at the end of the programme.

Rory Morrison died from lymphoma in the University College London Hospital, June 2013.