About John Fitzsimmons
Lived 1939 – 2008 (aged 68). John Fitzsimmons was a radio personality.
The Reverend John Fitzsimmons (2 December 1939, in Paisley – 17 May 2008, in Gourock) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and radio presenter who presented The Greetings radio program on BBC Radio Scotland for many years.
John Fitzsimmons was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1939.
After a long illness, John Fitzsimmons died in his sixty ninth year on 17 May 2008, in Gourock. Maggie Cunningham, the director of programmes for BBC Scotland, said of Fitzsimmons, "He was a big man with a big personality, erudite and compassionate, and anybody who met or worked with Father John would benefit from his life-enhancing qualities."
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British priest and radio presenter
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John Fitzsimmons was born on 2 December 1939.
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John Fitzsimmons died on 17 May 2008.
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John Fitzsimmons was a radio personality.
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