[peel] The Guardian July 31 Broadcaster John Walters dies

[Rob Brewer]

At 20:34 31/07/01 -0400, Tom Roche wrote:
>Subject: MediaGuardian.co.uk | Special reports | Broadcaster John Walters dies
>X-URL: http://media.guardian.co.uk/bbc/story/0,7521,530200,00.html



Full Guardian obit by Chris Myatt:

>Walters observed that "working with Peel is like taking a dog for a walk - 
>you just have to make sure he doesn't cock his leg at any musical 
>lamp-post for too long." The dog analogy was pursued. His relationship 
>with Peel was "a bit like a master and his dog - each believing the other 
>to be the dog".


http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,530523,00.html


...and Andy Kershaw:

>We used to go to posh parties at Broadcasting House. By the end of the 
>evening, Walters would be scooping the leftover canapes into a bag. This 
>he would take off to Oxford Circus underground station, and, at the end of 
>the platform, would feed the corporation's largesse to the London 
>Transport mice.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,530520,00.html


Obits from the other broadsheets:

http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/dt?ac=005675463616654&rtmo=axpweeHL&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/01/8/1/db02.html

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-2001262681,00.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=86330