Ezekiel Gray, known as The Man Ezeke, was a Jamaican radio presenter and musician. He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. [1]
Gray began his career at ERI, a pirate radio station, in the 1980s. He subsequently presented the Jammin' Oldies Saturday night show on Cork's 96FM. [2] In October 1990, he began presenting a reggae show called The Sunshine Show on BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday nights. [3] On 3 January 1993, Gray took over the Sunday lunchtime slot previously presented by Alan Freeman. He was the first black presenter with a regular daytime slot on the station. [4]
Gray died in Jamaica in March 2022. He had a wife and two children. [2] [5]
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