Earl Richmond (Real name John Dienn), was a broadcaster born in Highgate, London in 1928, he died in May 2001.
He was also heard in Cyprus before moving to America to study Television.
Earl then became a familiar voice on Yorkshire Television in the late 1960s and 1970s as a continuity announcer [1].
After leaving Yorkshire Television, he moved to Thailand to set up a production company and work on English-language radio in Bangkok.
He was also involved in the Hotel trade and ran a restaurant called 'The Beefeater' before dying after a heart attack [2] [3].