Heartbreak as BBC Radio 2 'broadcasting legend' dies after long illness
Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, it has been announced. At the end of October, he presented his final Sounds Of The 70s show on BBC Radio 2 and hosted his last episode of The Rock Show as he retired due to ill health.
Walker had announced in early October that he was retiring from radio after 58 years having been previously diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
He was born in Birmingham and left school at the age of 15 to train to become a mechanic, later taking a job as a car salesman.
He found an outlet for his passion for music with a Friday night slot as a disco DJ under the name Peter Dee. READ MORE: She rang in the New Year with loved ones - ten days later she was dead Walker began his radio career in 1966 on Swinging Radio England, an offshore pirate station.
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