Tributes are flooding in for the pioneering DJ, who has died aged 79. Tributes are pouring in for the pioneering radio DJ and BBC presenter Johnnie Walker, who has died aged 79. Born Peter Dingley, Walker was a former pirate radio DJ who began his career with the BBC in 1969.
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In October the veteran DJ announced his retirement from radio, following a career spanning almost 60 years, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. His wife, Tiggy Walker said she “couldn’t be more proud” of her husband and “how he kept broadcasting almost to the end and with what dignity and grace he coped with his debilitating lung disease”.
