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>Veteran disc jockey and broadcaster John Peel has died >in Peru while on holiday in the ancient Inca city of >Cuzco, his employer the BBC and the British embassy >say. > >"He passed away. We don't have any details. We >received a phone call at 4 a.m. from his brother to >inform us," said Jonathan Clare, an embassy official >in Lima. > >The BBC in London said on Tuesday Peel was on a >working holiday in Cuzco with his wife, Sheila. There >was no other comment from the BBC. > >Peel, born in 1939, was one of the country's original >pirate radio disc jockeys in the 1960s, broadcasting >from ships anchored just outside British waters that >won huge followings. Peel was his assumed "pirate" >name. > >In the late 1970s he championed punk rock to the >consternation of many of his radio contemporaries who >were still playing rock supergroups -- and were >convinced the new music fad would never have any real >impact. > >Peel -- an authority on independent music -- was >honoured with an Order of the British Empire.
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