Sky Sports today confirms the incredibly sad news that legendary Sky Sports rugby league commentator, Bill Arthur, has died at the age of 68 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
Bill died peacefully on Wednesday surrounded by his family and inspired many with his courageous battle against the disease which he was diagnosed with in 2011.
Bill was a much-loved and respected member of the Sky Sports family who will be missed terribly by his friends and colleagues. Everyone at Sky Sports sends their heartfelt condolences to Bill's loved-ones and ask that their privacy is respected at this difficult time.
Beginning his journalism career in newspapers in South Yorkshire, Bill worked for the Barnsley Star and Sheffield Star before transitioning into radio, working for Metro Radio in Newcastle and Radio City in Liverpool.
He then moved into breakfast television with TV AM and worked for Champion TV as the North West reporter. From 1990, he worked on The Sports Channel which then went on to become Sky Sports the following year.
Although hailing from Leamington Spa, he was a dedicated rugby league fan and in the early 1990s became the regular pitchside reporter for live matches and feature reporter for the magazine programme Boots 'N' All.
Bill was part of the coverage of the brave new world of summer rugby and Super League right from the very start too.
In his role pitchside, he was there at Stade Charlety to witness the birth of a new era as Paris Saint-Germain defeated Sheffield Eagles 30-24 in front of a crowd of 18,000.
Two years later, he was fulfilling the same position at Old Trafford for the first Super League Grand Final and would go on to work on every edition of the competition's showpiece occasion up to the end of the 2023 season.
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