The Welsh sporting and acting worlds were rocked in 2022 after the deaths of leading legends. There was a poignant empty seat in the Principality Stadium during Wales' autumn international games following the death of the voice of rugby Eddie Butler in September.
The former Wales captain and highly-respected broadcaster died suddenly in his sleep aged 65 while on a fundraising trek in Peru. His death prompted an outpouring of grief among not just his family, friends, and colleagues but the wider Welsh public – and beyond – who had taken in some of Welsh rugby's finest moments in the company of Butler on commentary.
Butler played 16 times for Wales between 1980 and 1984, captaining the side on six occasions. He rose to prominence in Ray Prosser's Pontypool side that took the Welsh club scene by storm throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s.
