It was only on the 10th October that I posted about the retirement of Johnnie Walker, the BBC disc jockey. His death was published on the last day of December following his passing on the Tuesday. There are many obituaries on the net. I previously said how he was important to my drive home on so many early evenings.
In the Sunday Times of 5th January, there was a lovely piece by his friend and fellow DJ Bob Harris. He said that Johnnie was "stubborn, rebellious, fearless, generous and kind" and how he kept going despite suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. "I will always remember Johnnie as a broadcaster who set the bar for all of us". That maybe why I remember his Drivetime shows so well.
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