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Apart from the wonderful world of music he curated, he was a warm, funny man, and I miss him. Quotes remembered by listeners: https://web.archive.org/web/2007

• amiga_500 7y ago
  I listened to him my whole time as a teenager. When he died, I remember hearing on the day and I was not that effected by it. When I got home, I think maybe seeing the radio or something, it made it very real. I sat on the bed and wept in a way most unlike me (relatives and close friends excepted). I've certainly never even come close to this kind of emotion for any "famous" person before or since. He was a wonderful DJ who introduced so many kinds of music. A real loss for the UK. And yet clearly here his work lives on, which is great to see.
  • mellosouls 7y ago
    Yes, I felt the same kind of loss, familial, and unique to him over other celebrities for me, just as you describe.
  • ironic_ali 7y ago
    Same. And well put.
  • C1sc0cat 7y ago
    Along With Elvis and Amy I can remember where I was when I heard that Peely had died
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• nimchimpsky 7y ago
  also got a few of nasty allegations against him, as was the fashion the seventies. Marrying a 15yr old isn't a good start.