Friends, colleagues and family have said “bye, just now” to a broadcasting legend.
More than 100 people gathered at Perth Crematorium to remember Radio 2 star Desmond Carrington, who died earlier this month.
The 90-year-old famously broadcast his Friday night show The Music Goes Round from a converted barn studio at his home in rural Perthshire.
He died just months after his retirement, when he told listeners he “wasn’t so well” after his last birthday.
His coffin was brought into the chapel for Wednesday’s service with a single red rose on top.
Reading a eulogy at Wednesday’s service, head of BBC Radio 2 Lewis Carnie said Carrington’s voice and style gave listeners “a reassurance that the world was still alright.”
He said: “A career of 70 years is a remarkable feat for anyone. He was part of the lives of so many of us. We were a nation devoted to his dulcet tones on the airwaves.”
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