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Veteran radio presenter and singer and proud Scotsman Ian Wallace dies aged 90

Distinguished opera singer, long-running Radio 4 panellist and proud “Scotsman” Ian Wallace has died at the age of 90, it has been announced.

The singer and celebrated raconteur, who was a proud Scot despite being born in London, was well-known to a generation for the performance of his signature tune The Hippopotamus Song, otherwise known as Mud, Glorious Mud.