Simon Young RIP

Red Fred

Sad news that former 2FM DJ Simon Young has passed away. Very sad news. May he rest in peace.

Agent Coulson

The beatbox is a great memory from my childhood. RIP.

Strumms

I only googled him last week when his name came up in conversation... a ‘ where are they now ‘ scenario...but read he’d been battling various health issues for a decade, depression and peripheral neuropathy which lead to lengthy hospitalizations... sad

Mr Burny

Very sad. He’d a tough time in recent years

Brian CivilEng

Rip to the real DJ.

Max Power 2010

RIP Simon

Great memories of him when I was growing up, I found out some years ago he was one of my work colleagues Uncle's and he had filled me in on his health issues, so sad.

Tork

Poor guy really went through tough times. I either heard or saw him interviewed some years ago and was shocked. Never take your health for granted, folks.

JoeA3

RIP Simon, another good memory from the childhoods of my generation is gone.

He was great on 2FM in its heyday of the mid 90’s. I remember hearing his weekend breakfast show a lot in those mid 90’s summers.

he appeared on the Brendan O’Connor show on RTE1 about 10 years ago looking in pretty poor shape, he had a rough time of it.

Hangdogroad

RIP. Did RTE news mention his passing at all? Cant find anything from them online.

ford fiesta

part of the classic 2FM line up of the mid 80s to late 90s.

He presented, what was not meant to be his final 2FM show, just over 20 years ago (Ireland's Biggest Jukebox) and never returned due to health issues.

rolling boh

Rest in peace Simon sorry to hear he had a rough time good memories of him on air during the best years of 2fm .

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100534#Comment_118100534

Ryan Tubridy mentioned him just now and apparently Will Leahy did something on RTE Gold earlier. Nothing on the news site from what I can see.

JoeA3

Ian Dempsey did a nice piece on him too before the 8am news.

SEPT 23 1989

great slagging between himself and Dustin on the Den

RIP

Kintarō Hattori

Genuinely sorry to hear that. He seemed very down to earth.

Ger Roe

Very sad to hear of Simon's passing. I was a fan all through his pirate days and on to RTE Radio 2 and then TV. A nice guy that I always hoped would make a return to air.

"Get ourra dat gardan" (or words to that effect)

RIP Simon.

Tork

Unless I've missed it, there's no mention of his passing on RTE's website. It goes to show that when you're gone, they quickly forget about you.

MisterAnarchy

Very sad news.

A true gent, always friendly and funny, he had a really rough run over the last few years.

Declan A Walsh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100567#Comment_118100567

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100746#Comment_118100746

Sad news alright. I remember Simon Young best on Ian Dempsey's breakfast show on 2FM with his "Get ourra dat garden"! He used to present a weekend breakfast show as well, and also a Saturday night dance show. Simon did turn up on the airwaves in the late '00s, presenting on temporary licensed Hot Country and Christmas FM. Which pirates was Simon with?

ford fiesta

"hey Simon!...wha' time is it?"😀

Simon played Jimmy on the Ian Dempsey breakfast show.

He presented a lot of regular weekend programmes on 2FM (Poporama, Simon's Saturday Choice, Weekend Breakfast, Jimmy on Sunday, Ireland Biggest Jukebox and The Dance Show, (the first ever Dance show on 2FM in 1989) including the Beatbox on Sunday's on TV with Peter Collins... but I don't think had a permanent 2FM weekday slot, though he filled in a lot on the weekday schedule (for Ian and Larry for example).

One of his final shows on 2FM was in Spring 2001, filling in for Larry which I have recorded/

Some reports today are saying Simon lived in Washington DC, I don't think this is accurate and could be a final wind up by Simon on his location, from his social media pages !!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118101311#Comment_118101311

Yes indeed I remember that well.

he was a true DJ- you could tell he was made for that work-sad that his health deteriorated.

RIP

Mr Burny

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118101311#Comment_118101311

You should share that show on YouTube or something. Be a lot if interest

Ger Roe

Simon was on ARD and then Big D 273.

https://pirate.ie/archive/simon-young-on-the-big-d/

He also appeared in their "Wavelength" short film documentary made by Director Declan Lowney in 1980.

Red Fred

Shay Byrne played Simon's jingle from his 2FM days at the end of Rising Time this morning.

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118100746#Comment_118100746

When the news broke last night, one of the first things I did was to see if the Anorak Hour ever covered him. And I wasn't disappointed... https://www.mixcloud.com/radiowaves_fm/anorak-hour-from-phantom-fm-july-20th-2003-ger-roe-pete-reed/

It's a shame that we didn't hear much of him in recent years but I can't imagine what he had been through during that time.

I used to work with his cousin in a previous job so knew his real name for a long time but wasn't sure if it was public knowledge. Simon's brother (Glenn Meade) is an author of several books.

Mad_maxx

what age was he ?

mid fifties ?

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118101747#Comment_118101747

I listened back on Will Leahy's tribute to him; he said he didn't know Simon's age but guessed it to be early 60s based on the age profile of 2FM DJs at the time.

RINO87

Also sad to hear this, I was only a kid when he was on but as others have said, have great memories of the Beatbox and Weekend Breakfast. He was good fun, and weekend breakfast on the radio usually meant you were up early for a day out, or something else exciting which added to it - for me anyway!

Loved his appearances on the Den too, he was like a fun relative that you used to enjoy coming over. Also remember he had a jokes page in the "Den" Magazine.

RIP

Pelvis Parsley

I believe he was 70.

Another one gone. May he RIP.

Tork

I don't know what year this photo was taken but it's from Brendan O'Carroll's "Hot Milk and Pepper" which ran from 1996-1999. It's startling to think that three of the men sitting on that sofa are no longer with us.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118101789#Comment_118101789

more inaccurate reporting today. He was not 70, I would say 61/62.