# Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/danny-kelly-football-broadcaster-and-renowned-editor-dies-aged-69/
- Published: 2026-11-11T11:56:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T12:21:56+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/nov/11/danny-kelly-football-broadcaster-editor-q-magazine-nme-dies-aged-69
- Topics: Culture, Football, Sport

## Key points

- Broadcaster and former music magazine editor Danny Kelly has died aged 69.
- He stepped away from talkSPORT in March after a throat cancer diagnosis.
- Tottenham and Danny Baker paid tribute to his wit and warmth.

## Summary

Danny Kelly, the football broadcaster and former editor of the NME and Q, has died aged 69 after being diagnosed with throat cancer. His death marks the loss of a prominent voice in British sports broadcasting, remembered for his humour, warmth and knowledge of football and music.

Kelly joined talkSPORT in 2007 and broadcast regularly until stepping away in March. Tottenham, the club he supported, called him “one of our own”, while former colleague Danny Baker described him as his great friend and the funniest man he had known; Kelly also co-founded internet company 365 Corporation in 1997.

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