Dianne Oxberry

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:14 am

Shocked to read this lovely lady off BBC North West and anchor weather lady has died aged 51 after a short illness at Christies leaving a husband two young children. Awful news-seemed to be the main weather lady on NW TV for many a year. RIP Di

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:27 am

Gosh- that’s very sad

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:29 am

Horrendous news. RIP Dianne.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:39 am

Terrible news... Seemed a lovely lady. Enjoy life while you can.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:39 am

A big shock to read about this this morning

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I never realised she was previously a children’s tv presenter fronting the Saturday morning show “8:15 from Manchester”

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:52 am

Dreadfully sad news

RIP Dianne

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:53 am

Oh God no.....she was my pin up girl for years on NW tonight ..So sad to hear this news and my thoughts are with her family at this difficult time...When are they going to find s cure for this terrible disease?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:59 am

Genuinely shocked to hear this. It only seems the other week she was doing the weather.

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:26 am

She seems to have gone so quickly, frightening, and very sad news indeed, such a familiar face to us in the North West. RIP.

CaptJohn · Post by **CaptJohn** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:29 am

Absolutely saddened to hear of her death. She was only 51 and always appeared in rude health whenever she presented the weather. I'll miss her.
RIP Dianne.

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:29 am

Absolutely devastating news. Sometimes you can't believe or take in what you read. This was one of those moments. RIP Dianne.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:42 am

How very sad.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:47 am

This is terrible news. I noticed she hadn't done the weather for a while and wondered why.
What a shock. Thoughts with her family.

RIP Dianne.

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:53 am

Very sad, I remember when she used to be the co-host of Simon Mayo's breakfast show on R1 back in the early 90s.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:20 am

R.I.P. Dianne..A wonderful lady,newsreader and presenter who will be sadly missed..Far too young to leave us.. Cancer has no bounds.

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:31 am

Really sad news to read about, and no age at all.

RIP, Dianne.

Suratclaret · Post by **Suratclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:32 am

Very sad news...she was about the only reason I used to watch NW news programmes when I lived in the north west. She seemed to have the ability to make even the worst weather being forecasted acceptable.
RIP.

Pad1951 · Post by **Pad1951** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:35 am

Such sad news. RIP Dianne
Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:42 am

Very sad. RIP

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:15 am

That's a shock, she used to be on the Breakfast Show with Simon Mayo on Radio 1 which I used to listen to at the time on the way into work.

Very sad news.

Hroogar · Post by **Hroogar** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:16 am

Like many posters have said on here, very shocked......lovely lady, made watching tv a pleasure.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:20 am

Incredibly sad news.
Had no idea she was ill.
Very good at her job and, always came across as a nice lady.

R.I.P Dianne.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:20 am

I am genuinely saddened by this horrible news.

Dianne Oxberry, by the very nature of her job, became part of the fabric of society for many, many
people, and to have her snatched away from her family and friends at such a young age is horrendous,
very very sad and so unfair.

RIP Dianne - and thankyou for your contribution to life in the North West.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:21 am

What a great presenter Dianne has been on NW tonight weather.
She will be missed. Her sense of humour was fantastic. Always a smile for everyone.

RIP Dianne

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:31 am

R.I.P. Dianne. You'll be missed by thousands Xxx

Burtonwoodclaret · Post by **Burtonwoodclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:57 am

So utterly sad. She was always the same radiant person on TV and by all accounts she was the same off TV to those who knew her personally. Our thoughts are with her family and her colleagues who are clearly devastated.
I didn't realise I could feel so upset by the death of a TV presenter. It just shows how they can become such a part of our lives.

burnleybassman · Post by **burnleybassman** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:13 am

Totally out of the blue - one minute here, the next gone. So sad and thoughts have to got to be with her family. RIP.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:19 am

Rest in peace Dianne.

Not often broadcasters show their personality, but she had bundles of it and was star of the show.

You will be missed.

claretfern · Post by **claretfern** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:20 am

Can only echo what has already been said. Shocked by the news this morning. As a regular viewer of BBC North West tonight, you feel as though you know them. Always enjoyed the way she gave us the weather forecasts. RIP Dianne.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:21 am

Obviously I hadn't seen much of her since moving over to West Yorkshire, but still very much remember her when living in Burnley. Blimey, I wasn't sure who she was (going off name) until I Googled her and then I thought, "No way!"

Very sad. Did her job very well and came across as a naturally very nice lady. RIP.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:58 am

I remember her having a really good rapport with Tony Livesey when he was on the show. Some hilarious moments when they were having the banter.
He'll be devastated too.

biggles · Post by **biggles** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:01 pm

RIP Dianne, one of the few BBC presenters who don't annoy the beejaysus out of me. sad and shocking news.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:11 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:I remember her having a really good rapport with Tony Livesey when he was on the show. Some hilarious moments when they were having the banter.
He'll be devastated too.

You're not wrong - he describes her as his "TV wife"

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:51 pm

Very, very sad news. Thoughts with her young family. RIP Dianne.

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:56 pm

Terribly sad news

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:03 pm

So sad.

As has already been said,Dianne came across as a warm beautiful lady.

R.I.P. Dianne

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:29 pm

I remember her being with Simon Mayo on R1 Breakfast late 80s. I think she was after Sybil Ruscoe was on there and before Jackie Brambles. Terribly sad news to read this.

Aclaret · Post by **Aclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:46 pm

Couldn't believe this news when I put the telly on this morning. Must have been very difficult for her colleagues to report this.
RIP Dianne.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:12 pm

Very emotional show tonight with her co-presenters understandably very upset. Credit to them for battling through it and a nice touch to cancel the weather forecast tonight. RIP Dianne.

Royboyclaret · Post by **Royboyclaret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:31 pm

To be honest that was very difficult to watch, so goodness knows how hard it must have been to present.

Fair play to them all and RIP Dianne.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:53 pm

Strange but it feels like a bereavement of a close friend. RIP.

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:37 pm

bfcjg wrote:Strange but it feels like a bereavement of a close friend. RIP.

Shed a tear or three after the North West TV tribute which is strange as never met her, just saw her so much on TV, she obviously had something special, RIP and condolences to her family.

EK Claret · Post by **EK Claret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:13 pm

Tragic news RIP

chorleyhere · Post by **chorleyhere** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:07 am

What an awful shock to hear this news . I'm very sad for her husband , the children and her wider family. Her lovely smile and sense of humour will be missed. When I went on a tour of the old BBC studios on Oxford Road we had a chance to have a go at "presenting" the weather under the video tutelage of Diane. It was great fun but quite nerve racking trying to remember all the aspects of the weather and when to press that little hand held button to make the graphics appear. Diane always seemed to make the weather presentation so effortless and make the forecast seem very clear - a real professional and great presenter of other programmes too.

gazr · Post by **gazr** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:28 am

dushanbe wrote:Very sad, I remember when she used to be the co-host of Simon Mayo's breakfast show on R1 back in the early 90s.

Yea I saw them in Blackpool at the radio 1 roadshow.

Rip

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:49 am

karatekid wrote:Very emotional show tonight with her co-presenters understandably very upset. Credit to them for battling through it and a nice touch to cancel the weather forecast tonight. RIP Dianne.

I think the three line poem from the community poet at the end really summed everything up. Left me in tears, if anyone has a link I'd love the hear it again (I am a technology dimwit).

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:55 am

Here you go.
Very sad but it was done really respectfully.

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THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:52 pm

That was a really tough watch last night and all credit to Diannes fellow presenters and friends for getting to tone absolutely right. It even left me with tears in my eyes

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:38 pm

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote:That was a really tough watch last night and all credit to Diannes fellow presenters and friends for getting to tone absolutely right. It even left me with tears in my eyes

Yes it was a fantastic tribute to a wonderful Lady. Well done to BBC look North..

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:39 pm

Lovely woman,had a great way with banter as well,she will be sadly missed by everyone....RIP Dianne x