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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
He will draw a line under his lengthy association with the BBC, aged 79, as he battles idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and progressive respiratory illness.
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. 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 BBC Radio fans have repeatedly accused the network of ageism as the late Paul O'Grady, Steve Wright, Graham Norton and Simon Mayo all left and were replaced with a younger line-up in the last couple of years.
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