I have only just found this out, he died in June. Which is not leaving me with many heroes, now Frank and The Captain have gone. Who's next? Mick Jagger? Bob Dylan? I'm running out.
Very sad.
I'm pretty sure I heard at the time but seem to have forgotten already. Bollocks, anyway.
Still have fond memories of John Peel playing My Name Is Larry (and other stuff) on a regular basis. Fair warped my tiny brain.