Radio icon Jeremy Mansfield announced earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer at the start of this year. The diagnoses comes after the radio host beat Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 13 years prior. Today, his light was extinguished as Jeremy lost his battle with cancer in the early hours of this morning.
Sharing the news with fans, Samantha Cowen, Jeremy’s long-time co-host, took to her social media pages with the devastating news.
Born Robert Jeremy Clayton Mansfield on 15 August 1963 in Makhanda, Mansfield had a career that spanned decades, bringing entertainment and laughter to many.
His broadcasting career began at Rhodes University in Grahamstown before he became a host on Capitol 604 in Durban. In 1990, Mansfield joined 702 Talk Radio, and in 1996 he finally moved to 94.7 Highveld Stereo. There he launched the wildly popular Rude Awakening breakfast show which will go down in history as one of the most successful and iconic radio shows of all time. He subsequently became the breakfast host on Hot 91.9 before launching Mansfield2Day – a radio show streaming on his YouTube page.
He leaves behind his wife Jacqui Mansfield, and his daughter Gabriella.
