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Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker, 79, reveals he is stepping down from his BBC Radio 2 shows as he continues to live with terminal illness which has left him completely housebound


In a moving message during the show today, he read a letter from a listener whose dad had loved the show, but had passed away due to pulmonary fibrosis, which is the condition Johnnie has.

Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker has revealed he is stepping down from his BBC Radio 2 shows as he continues to live with a terminal illness which has left him completely housebound. The announcement to step back comes just weeks after it was revealed that he has become so unwell that he has been completely housebound since January, with wife Tiggy acting as his round-the-clock carer. The announcement to step back comes just weeks after it was revealed that he has become so unwell that he has been completely housebound since January, with Tiggy acting as his round-the-clock care

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