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  1. Nov 28, 2006 · Tue 28 Nov 2006 05.10 EST. The radio DJ Alan Freeman, whose treacle-smooth voice and "not 'arf" catchphrase made him a British broadcasting favourite for almost 50 years, has died at the age of...

  2. Nov 28, 2006 · Farewell to Fluff: Alan Freeman dies aged 79. Broadcaster Alan Freeman, the man who coined the phase "Greetings, Pop Pickers", has died. The 79-year-old died peacefully at his Brinsworth...

  3. Jan 23, 2024 · Alan Freeman picked by Simon Mayo. In 1961 Alan 'Fluff' Freeman took over presenting Pick of the Pops and changed music broadcasting forever. Behind the scenes he was kind and generous, but...

  4. Alan 'Fluff' Freeman was already a radio announcer (and occasional singer) in Melbourne, when, in 1957, he took a holiday in the UK that stretched into a broadcasting career lasting more than forty years. His voice, the vocal equivalent of a twinkle in the eye, was first heard on Radio Luxembourg, but in 1960 he joined the BBC Light Programme ...

  5. Nov 28, 2006 · Tue 28 Nov 2006 04.03 EST. Former BBC DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, the man who coined the catchphrase "Greetings, pop pickers", has died. The 79 year-old, born in Melbourne in 1927, came to the UK in ...

  6. Alan “Fluff” Freeman, the radio disc jockey whose catchphrases “Greetings, pop pickers” and “Not ‘arf!” made him instantly recognisable to generations of listeners, has died at the ...

  7. ALAN FREEMAN (1927 - 2006) In the annals of pop disc jockeys, few made a more distinctive impact than Alan Freeman, who has died aged 79. His flamboyant and eccentric presenting style, crashing together different musical genres amid a barrage of catchphrases such as the celebrated "not 'arf!" or the perennial "greetings, pop pickers", was ...

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