asked how he was. Other catchphrases include: "If you were constipated, you'd be speechless", "I've had a gutful...", "You don't have two brain cells to rub together". Some of his shows were broadcast from a studio in Bodmin, Cornwall, a few miles from his home. A staunch atheist, Dickin's last show was all about the afterlife and the existence of God; famous atheist and author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, was Dickin's guest on his last show. Mike Dickin was killed in a car crash while driving on the A30 near his home in Cornwall, on 18 December 2006, at the age of 63. James Whale presented his tribute show. Dickin left a wife (second marriage) and 5 children, including two from his first marriage. External links TalkSport presenter Mike Dickin has died, Press Gazette coverage of death Radio host Dickin dies in crash, BBC News article about his death Audio of Mike Dickin's newsflash on death of Diana, Princess of Wales, extracted from the MHP Media Service, at www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/ References 1943 births 2006 deaths English atheists English radio personalities Road incident deaths in England People from Reading, Berkshire BBC radio presenters Critics of religions British atheism activists Free speech activists English social commentators 20th-century atheists 21st-century atheists