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Also known as: John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
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Category: Arts & Culture
Byname of:
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
Born:
Aug. 30, 1939, Heswall, Cheshire, Eng.
Died:
Oct. 25, 2004, Cuzco, Peru (aged 65)
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John Peel (born Aug. 30, 1939, Heswall, Cheshire, Eng.—died Oct. 25, 2004, Cuzco, Peru) popular British disc jockey who for nearly 40 years, beginning in mid-1960s, was one of the most influential tastemakers in rock music. Peel was renowned for discovering and championing emerging artists and for his connossieurship of groundbreaking offbeat music and performers. The son of a cotton merchant, he grew up in upper-middle-class comfort near Liverpool, for whose powerhouse football (soccer) team he developed a lifelong obsession. After attending boarding school and a stint in the military, he emigrated to the United States in 1960—to Dallas, Texas, ...(100 of 638 words)

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