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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Roisin O'Connor

‘He lived for the music’: Jim Ladd, ‘The Last DJ’ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies aged 75

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“There goes the last DJ/ Who plays what he wants to play,” sang Tom Petty on the title track of his 11th studio album, The Last DJ.

Jim Ladd, the man who inspired that song and who has died aged 75, “lived for the music”, his fellow SiriusXM host Meg Griffin told listeners on Monday (18 December).

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