David Parry-Jones (25 September 1933 – 10 April 2017) was a Welsh sports commentator, TV current affairs presenter and writer.
[2] After completing his national service, in 1959 he took up journalism[2] and went on to become one of the BBC's best-known rugby commentators, most notably for his description of Llanelli’s famous win over the All Blacks in 1972.
[3] He was more familiar to television viewers as a regular presenter of the nightly regional news programme Wales Today, which he hosted during the 1960s and 1970s.
Parry-Jones was the long-term partner of the broadcaster Beti George and lived in Cardiff.
From 2009 he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and Beti George raised awareness of the condition through the Welsh media.