Author: John Peel
Alternate names: John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
Born: 30 August 1939
Died: 25 October 2004
Bio: John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.