Dickie Davies, a legendary sports broadcaster, died at the age of 94.
Davies died on February 19, 2023, but what about his marriage and family do we know?
Who is Liz Davies? Dickie Davies’ wife
Dickie Davies married Liz, whom he met on a TV set early in his career.
Davies and Liz celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a diamond wedding anniversary in 2022.
Did Dickie Davies have any children?
Davies and his wife had two children.
Peter and Daniel are their names, and they were mentioned in a post by Davies’ former colleague, Jim Roesenthal.
‘With great sadness, we announce Dickie Davies passed away this morning,’ Rosenthal wrote on Twitter. So proud of his 20 years in the World of Sport, three Olympic Games, and a stellar television career.
“He is survived by a loving wife, two adoring sons, four grandkids and two beloved dogs.”
Who was Dickie Davies?
Dickie Davies was best known for hosting the hit ITV show World of Sport for 17 years until its cancellation in 1985.
Davies, who was born in Cheshire, served in the RAF before becoming a purser on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth ships.
His broadcasting career began at Southern Television, where ITV Sport colleague Jimmy Hill advised him to go by Dickie Davies rather than his full name Richard Davies.
He began as Eamonn Andrews’ understudy on the iconic World of Sport show in 1965 before taking over full-time in 1968 alongside his boxing, darts, and snooker coverage.
He even broadcast Classic FM sports bulletins from his own home, but he was forced to leave the station after suffering a stroke in 1995.
It took a few years for the broadcasting legend to regain his speech completely, but he eventually returned to front Dickie Davies’ Sporting Heroes in the late 1990s.
