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Essex,3 mins

Johnnie Walker and the Essex pirates

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Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, two months after calling time on his 58-year career because of ill health. Johnnie's life in radio broadcasting started in 1966 on Swinging Radio England, before moving to Radio Caroline and later joining ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1 in 1969. In this interview from 2017, Johnnie remembers the 1960s offshore radio broadcasts from the Essex coast. Picture credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

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