Former BBC Radio 1 DJ and presenter Andy Peebles dies aged 76
Former Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, one of the last people to interview John Lennon, has died at the age of 76, his family has confirmed.
He presented on BBC Radio 1 from 1978 to 1992 and also hosted a number of editions of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 80s.
Peebles interviewed Lennon two days before the musician’s murder in December 1980.
Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute, calling him “a lovely man and a great broadcaster”.
Born in 1948, Peebles spent the late 1960s as a nightclub DJ, before turning his hand to radio.
Courtesy: BBC