Tommy Vance, the former Radio 1 DJ and television presenter, has died aged 63 following a stroke.
His agent said Vance died at the Durrant Valley Hospital, in Kent, at around 4am following a stroke.
The DJ, who made his name in the Sixties on Radio Caroline and Radio 1, was taken to hospital three days ago after suffering his first stroke.
Jon Roseman, Vance's agent, said: "I had known Tommy for 35 years. He certainly had one of the most recognisable voices on radio. He was a great bloke and he was held in very high regard for his knowledge of rock which was unsurpassed.
"Without Tommy there will be a hole that is not going to be filled."
Vance's trademark gravely voice landed him many commercial voice-over jobs earning him the distinction of the "voice on legs".
He started his career in the USA in the 1960s on LA-based radio station KHJ. More recently TV audiences saw Mr Vance walk out of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen when he could no longer take the heat.
He leaves an ex-wife Stella, and two children Jessie, 19, and 22-year-old Daniel.
His agent said Vance died at the Durrant Valley Hospital, in Kent, at around 4am following a stroke.
The DJ, who made his name in the Sixties on Radio Caroline and Radio 1, was taken to hospital three days ago after suffering his first stroke.
Jon Roseman, Vance's agent, said: "I had known Tommy for 35 years. He certainly had one of the most recognisable voices on radio. He was a great bloke and he was held in very high regard for his knowledge of rock which was unsurpassed.
"Without Tommy there will be a hole that is not going to be filled."
Vance's trademark gravely voice landed him many commercial voice-over jobs earning him the distinction of the "voice on legs".
He started his career in the USA in the 1960s on LA-based radio station KHJ. More recently TV audiences saw Mr Vance walk out of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen when he could no longer take the heat.
He leaves an ex-wife Stella, and two children Jessie, 19, and 22-year-old Daniel.
