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Did Andy Gill have coronavirus?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The author Catherine Mayer is investigating whether her late husband and Gang of Four founder, Andy Gill, contracted coronavirus on tour in China last year. She spoke to Adam, Laura and Professor Tom Solomon.

Producer: Harriet Noble Studio Manager: Emma Crowe Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello, so Laura and I have just recorded a really intense conversation

0:11.1

with the writer and journalist Catherine Mayor that we wanted to bring to you

0:16.9

basically in its entirety the whole thing. Yeah so Catherine lost her husband, Andy Gill, recently who was the guitarist in Gang of Four.

0:26.0

So a huge post-punk icon, whether you're familiar of his music or not, and he passed away. And in the last few months although he wasn't diagnosed at the time

0:37.1

Catherine's been on this really probably heartbreaking an incredible journey trying to piece together what

0:44.6

really happened to him and whether or not he was an early British victim of the

0:49.8

Corona virus. So please do listen to this all. It is unbelievably moving and she's been

0:55.0

amazingly brave in speaking out like this. And we're very grateful to her for

0:59.2

talking to us on the coronavirus newscast. The coronavirus news cost from the BBC.

1:04.0

What is this virus?

1:05.0

How does it spread?

1:06.0

How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones?

1:09.0

I've got some test results back for coronavirus

1:12.0

and it came back positive.

1:14.0

We're just kind of trying to feel our way into this new normal.

1:17.0

I must level with you level with the British public.

1:21.0

More families and many more families are going to lose loved ones

1:25.3

before their time. Relax, we're doing great. It all will pay us. Hello it's Adam in

1:30.8

the studio. And Laura in a different studio.

1:33.0

Okay, let's now talk to writer, blogger, broadcaster and journalist, Catherine Mayor.

1:38.0

Hello, Catherine.

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