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John Peel was born on August 30, 1939 in Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England as John Robert Parker Ravenscroft. He is known for his work on The Goodies (1970), Wild About Harry (2000) and Five Seconds to Spare (2000). He was married to Sheila Mary Gilhooly and Shirley Anne Milburn. He died on October 25, 2004 in Cuzco, Peru.
He was a lifelong passionate supporter of Liverpool Football club. He was a DJ for BBC Radio 1 since it started in the late 1960s. He also presented the BBC Radio 4 magazine programme Home Truths from 1998 until his death. As a young DJ working in Dallas, TX, he was admitted to the conference where Lee Harvey Oswald was presented to the press, shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Peel can be seen in archive footage). Regularly narrated documentaries and did voice overs for advertisements, too numerous to mention. He was diabetic. His favorite song was "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones . After the announcement of his death, the song was played on the radio, and by many, many bands (who owe their careers at least partly to him) who had gigs that night. First worked as a DJ as "John Raven Croft" on Radio KOMA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His funeral was conducted in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, near to his Suffolk home. Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. (16 November 2005). Father of Thomas Ravenscroft . His favourite album of 1970 was Michael Chapman's "Fully Qualified Survivor". Founded his own label, Dandelion Records, in England in 1969. It went out of business in 1973.
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