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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Lavelle

BBC DJ Johnnie Walker says farewell to Sounds of the 70s after 58 years on air

Johnnie Walker wearing headphones in a studio
Johnnie Walker in 2004. Due to ill health, the DJ has regularly broadcast his Radio 2 shows from his home in Dorset. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker has signed off his final episode of BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the 70s after 58 years on the radio.

Walker, 79, announced earlier in October he was hanging up his headphones due to ill health. He had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a severe respiratory illness that can make breathing very difficult. Because of his illness, he has regularly broadcast from his home in Dorset over the years.

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