Inside Johnnie Walker's heartbreaking battle with terminal respiratory disease as veteran DJ, 79, joins a mass exodus of BBC stalwarts by confirming his departure after 55-years on the air

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Inside Johnnie Walker's heartbreaking battle with terminal respiratory disease as veteran DJ, 79, joins a mass exodus of BBC stalwarts by confirming his departure after 55-years on the air

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Johnnie Walker confirmed the end of an era on Sunday after announcing his departure from BBC Radio 1, some 55-years after making his debut. London was swinging, Carnaby Street was the epicentre of cool and Johnnie Walker was just 24-years old when he hosted his first two-hour Saturday show with the broadcasting giant in April 1969. But he will now draw a line under his lengthy association with the BBC, aged 79, after admitting his battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and progressive illness that affects the respiratory system, has left him with just weeks to live.
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