Lament for John Peel..

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "meidbh" <meidbh at y...> wrote:
> 
> carolyn wrote:
> > It's just been announced that John Peel, one of the most 
> influential British DJs ever, has died of heart attack whilst 
> travelling in, of all places, Peru. He was only 65.
> 
> Meidbh:
> With you there Carolyn. He chose the soundtrack for several 
> generations.If you ever wanted to know what was really happening on 
> the music scene all you had to do was tune in to John Peel (for 
> music with irony) When I came back to this side of the world I was 
> amazed and delighted to find him still on the air and still 
> immensely, intrinsically cool. What a loss...
> 
> M.

There's a good BBC page, with an obituary and links to the tributes 
pouring in from around the world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3955369.stm

Plus a very moving edition of his Radio 4 'Home Truths' show this 
morning - all the people whose lives he touched. Never will be anyone 
like him again.

Carolyn