In return, they asked that he change his name - from Peter Dingley to the rather more rock 'n' roll-sounding Johnnie Walker. The boat was one of a number of floating stations that had taken ...

He said his "heart goes out to" Tiggy, whom he said had been Walker's "rock". Harris added: "I know that she will agree with me when I say that it's Johnnie's spirit that's been keeping him going ...

Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, it has been announced. The veteran radio DJ presented his final Sounds Of The 70s show on BBC Radio 2 in October and hosted his last episode of The Rock ...

The radio DJ Johnnie Walker, who has died at 79 ... hosting his own show on Radio 1 and later Sounds Of The 70s and The Rock Show on Radio 2.

Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, two months after calling time on his 58-year career because of ill health. DJ Bob Harris, who took over BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s show ...

Johnnie Walker at the BBC Radio 2 Festival In A Day ... which also included The Rock Show on Radio 2, at the end of October. Walker’s wife Tiggy said she “couldn’t be more proud” of ...

Johnnie Walker's long radio career was shaped by his early years as a pirate broadcaster in the 1960s, bobbing around on the ocean on Radio Caroline. Even 50 years later, his wife Tiggy would ...