An Essex charity has paid tribute to its patron and broadcasting "icon" Johnnie Walker. The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because of ill health.

Tributes are pouring in for the pioneering radio DJ and BBC presenter Johnnie Walker, who has died aged 79. Born Peter Dingley, Walker was a former pirate radio DJ who began his career with the ...

Johnnie Walker began his radio career in 1966 as a ... This heartfelt and life-affirming tribute remembers a life well-lived, while exploring the profound challenge of saying a long goodbye ...

DJ Johnnie Walker takes a deep and very personal recollection of his colourful life, with over 58 years in the broadcasting business, from pirate radio through to Radio 2 In tribute to our friend ...