John Peel
English DJ and radio presenter (1939-2004) · United Kingdom · Journalists · Died at 65
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Something wrong?John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1939 to 2004 · aged 65
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