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Richard Coram, Dubai TV and radio presenter; Pix credit Gulf Business<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Former media person Richard Coram, who was popular through his radio shows and news anchoring in Dubai-based media, died of Covid-19 in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barely in his late 50s, the long-term Gulf resident and former radio show host on Dubai FM92, was also a celebrated news reader on the city’s popular Channel 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coram and his wife Padma had also launched an event management firm, Talent Brokers. It’s said, the company brought large-scale concerts and shows to the UAE, including Lionel Richie, Elton John and Rod Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a broadcaster he is remembered as someone who just had that natural ability and was warm and likeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Coram, along with his wife Padma, were socially well-known, pioneering the live entertainment arena, before it became a regular occurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a supreme knowledge of the local, national and international business world, many of his former associates from the eighties remember him fondly as a “supportive colleague”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I worked with him for good seven to eight years, when I was in the UAE. I used to go to the radio studio every Wednesday. I did a regular interview slot for his shows. He was a professional, and I remember, how new and nervous I was. But he would keep encouraging me and would tell me, imagine you are talking to just one person,” said Asha Bhatia, writer, columnist and founder of Al Noor Training Centre in Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I also distinctly remember Richard liked all things Indian. He loved the Indian food, the saree and he also went on to marry an Indian,” said the present-day Delhi resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former media person Richard Coram, who was popular through his radio shows and news anchoring in Dubai-based media, died of Covid-19 in the UK. Barely in his late 50s, the long-term Gulf resident and former radio show host on Dubai FM92, was also a celebrated news reader on the city’s popular Channel 33. 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