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. DJ Bob Harris, who took over BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s show after Walker's retirement, announced his former colleague's death live on the station on Tuesday.

Johnnie Walker is dead, the BBC Radio 2 DJ and Sound of the 70s host was 79 and tributes came in from Tim Davie, Tiggy Walker.

Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker, who worked for the BBC for more than 50 years, retired in October after being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis