death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
01 may 2011 bexhill-on-sea , east sussex , england lambourn , berkshire , england british ted lowe 01 november 1920 ted lowe
 edwin charles ernest lowe snooker commentator
ted lowe

edwin charles ernest lowe , mbe -lrb- 1 november 1920 -- 1 may 2011 -rrb- , known as ted lowe , was an english snooker commentator for the bbc .
his unmistakably husky , hushed tones earned him the nickname `` whispering ted '' .
