John Peel, Who Played New Rock on the BBC, Dies at 65
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John Peel, a BBC radio disc jockey who was a champion of innovative and independent music for nearly four decades, died on Monday night in Cuzco, Peru.
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Howard Keel, musical and television star died Sunday at his home in Palm Desert, California, from colon cancer, he was 85. Born Harold Clifford Leek, the tall and muscular baritone starred in several major
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans  saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79.
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You could trust John Peel. The longtime British Broadcasting Corporation DJ, who died Monday at 65, earned his audience&#39;s respect by disregarding playlists and charts and instead playing only things he liked.
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Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame  inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with  stomach cancer, his publicist said.
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By Jude Webber and Kate Kelland LIMA/LONDON  - Veteran British disc jockey JohnPeel, who championed new music trends like punk on mainstreamradio, has died of a heart attack on holiday in Peru.
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John Peel, the Radio 1 disc jockey who brought fame to a string of obscure bands, has died on holiday in Peru. The 65-year-old suffered a heart attack last night after being taken ill during
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Humourist and broadcaster Alan Coren, star of Radio 4's The News Quiz, dies at the age of 69.
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DJ John Peel was âworn outâ and felt marginalised by the BBC in the weeks before his death, friend and colleague Andy Kershaw said today.
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JOHN Peel was Britain&#39;s most durable and consistently innovative disc jockey for almost 40 years. While most of his BBC colleagues became identified with a specific era, style or genre of music and were soon
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Jim Capaldi, drummer with the 1960s rock band Traffic, died in London of stomach cancer, his family announced.
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Northern Ireland entertainment promoter Jim Aiken dies after a short illness aged 74.
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Bernard Manning, a controversial British stand-up comedian known for his politically-incorrect humour and caustic wit, has died at age 76, doctors said Monday.
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The veteran presenter, who discovered dozens of major bands during 40 years of broadcasting, suffered a heart attack last night while on holiday in Cuzco, Peru, with his wife Sheila.
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One of the world's greatest singers, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, dies aged 71 after a battle with cancer.
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RADIO presenter Andy Kershaw yesterday claimed John Peel had been &quot;worn out&quot; by the BBC. The Radio 3 DJ said Peel, who died of a heart attack in Peru on Tuesday, had looked &quot;terrible&quot; when he last saw him three weeks ago.
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A second day marking the anniversary of DJ John Peel's last Radio 1 broadcast will be held on 12 October.