Editing David Bedford (section)

==Personal life==
Bedford enjoyed sci-fi, was a keen astronomer<ref name=record_collector>
{{cite web|title=Star's End - David Bedford|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/stars-end|publisher=[[Record Collector]]|access-date=22 September 2022|first=Oregano|last=Rathbone|date=22 May 2012}}
</ref> and enjoyed cricket,<ref name=music_base>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford|url=http://www.mymusicbase.ru/PPB/ppb28/Bio_2822.htm|publisher=My Music Base|access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> all of which inspired his work.<ref name=music_aficionado /><ref name=record_collector />  Bedford died of lung cancer in October 2011 and was survived by his third wife, his seven children, and his brother Steuart.<ref name=the_wire>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford RIP|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/18950/david-bedford-rip|publisher=[[The Wire (magazine)|WIRE]]|access-date=22 September 2022|first=Oregano|last=Rathbone|date=11 October 2011}}
</ref><ref name=guardian_obit />  Steuart died in 2021.<ref name=guardian_steuart_obit />

After his death, a number of commemorative performances took place, including one of his later works for children ''The Wreck of the Titanic'' which was performed nine times at venues across England during early 2012. The performance at [[the SAGE Gateshead]] included choirs from four North East primary/junior schools.<ref name=prs_commemorative>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford – Commemorative Performances|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/news/david-bedford-commemorative-performances/|publisher=[[PRS for music]]|access-date=22 September 2022}}
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In November 2018 [[BBC Radio 3]] broadcast a recording of a concert performed by the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], conducted by [[Michael Seal]], marking what would have been Bedford's 80th year. The programme included his orchestration of Mike Oldfield's ''Tubular Bells'', with [[Steve Hillage]] on guitar, his 1981 reworking of his ''Alleluia Timpanis'', and his ''Symphony No. 1''.<ref name="BBC-m00013x6">{{cite web |title=Afternoon Concert, BBC Concert Orchestra |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013x6 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 3]] |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref>