John Peel, BBC Radio Disk Jockey, Dies at 65
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John Peel, the 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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Scientist Professor David Parry has paid tribute to Nobel Prize winner and New Zealand born scientist Maurice Wilkins who has died at the age of 88.
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Comedian Cyril Fletcher, a regular on TV and radio shows such as That's Life and Does the Team Think?, dies at 91.
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MUMBAI: One of the giants of British radio BBC disc jockey John Peel, whose nightly Radio One programme is credited with launching the careers of British bands including New Order and Joy Division passed away from al heart attack.
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Britain's music world heaped tributes upon the late John Peel, crediting the maverick BBC disc jockey with transforming the country's popular music scene.
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The new bands tent at Glastonbury Festival will be named the John Peel Stage to honour the Radio 1 DJ.
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By Brian Willey  The BBC radio executive Geoffrey Owen had the task of co- ordinating the planning and birth of the Radio 1 and 2 networks in 1967 and was instrumental in bringing the Irish broadcaster Terry Wogan to British airwaves.
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Radio DJ John Peel, one of the key figures in British rock music over the past 35 years, who championed virtually every important act of that period on his long-running show, has died after a heart attack, the ...
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Veteran British broadcaster John Peel, who championed pretty much every new cutting edge pop and rock act over the past 35 years on his radio shows, has died after a heart attack, the BBC announced on Tuesday.
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The funeral of veteran broadcaster John Peel is to be held in Suffolk next week, the BBC announces.
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Veteran British broadcaster John Peel, who died suddenly Monday, introduced eclectic music like punk rock to mainstream radio audiences and latterly became a household name with his family tales show "Home Truths."
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Yesterday afternoon came the very sad news that John Peel, British broadcasting legend, had passed away whilst on a working holiday in Peru.
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The widow of John Peel says the response of fans to the DJ's death has been "heart-warming".
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LIMA/LONDON  - Veteran British disc jockey John  Peel, who championed new music trends like punk on mainstream  radio, has died of a heart attack on holiday in Peru.
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Some of the country&#39;s most successful rock musicians yesterday paid tribute to John Peel, the veteran Radio 1 DJ, whom they credited with having played a crucial part in their rise to fame.
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BBC radio deejay John Peelâs influence has travelled far and wide. RS MURTHI remembers those static-filled nights tuning in to the manâs offbeat programmes.
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Hundreds of fans will join friends, colleagues and family on Friday for the funeral service of John Peel, the legendary disc jockey credited with transforming Britain's popular music scene.