# Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69 > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/896150 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Guardian, Nov 11, 2026, 5:56 AM · Read it: Danny Baker pays tribute to the ‘funniest man I knew’Kelly was former editor of the NME and Q magazinesThe journalist and broadcaster Danny Kelly, who helped define coverage of music and football in the UK for a generation, has died at the age of 69.Kelly edited the NME and Q magazine, and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport. He had been receiving treatment for oesophageal cancer. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 5:56 AM: [Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom) Danny Baker pays tribute to the ‘funniest man I knew’Kelly was former editor of the NME and Q magazinesThe journalist and broadcaster Danny Kelly, who helped define coverage of music and football in the UK for a generation, has died at the age of 69.Kelly edited the NME and Q magazine, and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport. He had been receiving treatment for oesophageal cancer. - Nov 11, 2026, 5:59 AM: [Jockey O'Brien dies aged 39]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) Tom O'Brien, the nephew of trainer Aidan, rode more than 1,000 winners and won the Welsh Grand National twice. - Nov 11, 2026, 6:24 AM: [Danny Kelly, beloved broadcaster and View From The Lane presenter, dies aged 69]() — The Athletic (Sports, United States) Kelly presented The Athletic’s Tottenham podcast from August 2021 until March this year, after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.