The married mother-of-two, who found fame as a sidekick for Steve Wright and Simon Mayo on Radio 1, retrained as a meteorologist and became BBC North West's weather presenter in 1994.
Fellow weather presenter Simon King choked back tears on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning and said: 'It's devastating, absolutely devastating. It has been such a quick process, this whole thing. It has hit us like a ton of bricks'.
Dianne was also famously adored by comedian Peter Kay, who once crawled on his hands and knees to get close to her as she gave a forecast on live TV.
Hugging her he then declared: 'God love Dianne Oxberry. You made it sunshine for everyone'.
Ms Oxberry lived in Manchester with her husband Ian Hindle, a cameraman, and their two young children, and said today: 'Dianne was an amazing wife and mother who embraced life to the full. The children and I will miss her more than anyone can imagine.
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