On 27 August 2012, Bowen re-united with Happy Daft Farm co-presenter Sally Naden for a one-off show on the station. Bowen returned to radio in 2009, presenting a mid-morning radio show on 106.6 Indigo FM in Cumbria. In 2005, Bowen performed a solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about Bullseye, called "You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully". He returned to Edinburgh in 2006 performing at Jongleurs from 8–28 August. Personal life In 1959, Bowen married his colleague, Phyllis (née Owen). She supported him throughout his career, driving him to shows, and was by his bedside when he died. The couple lived at Melling-with-Wrayton near Lancaster. They had two children, a boy, Peter and a girl, Susan. Bowen was a supporter of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Bowen previously owned Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale railway station, on what is now the Leeds–Morecambe line between and stations. He converted the main station building into a private dwelling. Health problems and death In early 2011, it was announced that Bowen was recovering in the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, after having suffered two mild strokes. He had suffered the first stroke on 18 February and the second whilst in hospital. Before his two strokes, Bowen performed on cruise liners and gave corporate after-dinner speeches. By 2012, he was recovering and regaining some mobility once more, and even started performing his stage show "You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully", but suffered a third stroke in November 2014, which left him struggling to walk and talk. He died at home on 14 March 2018, aged 80. Stand-up DVDs Live (15 March 1993) You Can't Tell These Anymore! (1 December 2003) Notes References External links Jim Bowen at the British Film Institute 1937 births 2018 deaths Military personnel from Cheshire Alumni of the University of Chester English adoptees English game show hosts Schoolteachers from Lancashire English television presenters People educated at Accrington Grammar School People from Heswall Royal Army Ordnance Corps soldiers 20th-century British Army personnel British military personnel of the Suez Crisis