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John Peel has died (merged)
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It has just been announced that John Peel has died while on holiday.
This is sad news. He gave a lot to music without being sucked into the globalization of the industry. I will miss him at Glastonbury.
This is sad news. He gave a lot to music without being sucked into the globalization of the industry. I will miss him at Glastonbury.
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Nothing on newsnow.co.uk at 14.00
This is really shocking
See news channels.
G
This is really upsetting and so sudden.
BBC NEWS
My thoughts are with his wife and family.
A great loss to them and to the world of radio and music.
Very very sad news.
S.
I am actually quite close to tears.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm
Very sad news
RIP John
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm
sorry for the doubt earlier
He was the best thing on radio 1!!!! oh NO!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm
Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies
Veteran BBC broadcaster John Peel has died at the age of 65, while on holiday in Peru.
Peel, whose radio career spanned 40 years, was on a working holiday in the resort of Cuzco with his wife Sheila when he suffered a heart attack.
He was BBC Radio 1's longest-serving DJ and in recent years had also presented Home Truths on Radio 4.
Radio 1 controller Andy Pariftt said Peel's contribution to modern music and culture was "immeasurable".
Love and peace to a master of his craft.
He WILL be missed!
I've not so shocked and saddened by a death for a very long time.
He was unique. A British institution. Will be very missed.
G
No problem I was in shock when I wrote that
It was announced on BBC North West News at 13.35.
The man is a legend. I've lost count of the hundreds of new bands he introduced me to on his radio show over the years. JP has done more to promote independent / alternative music than any other radio DJ (although I'll never understand what he saw in The Fall).
He will be very sorely missed.