Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker, 79, brings listeners to tears as he reveals doctors told him to ‘prepare to die at any moment’ and how wife Tiggy ‘saved my life’ as he lives with terminal illness on heart-wrenching BBC podcast [Video]

05:11 EDT 11 Jun 2024, updated 06:14 EDT 11 Jun 2024

Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker and his wife Tiggy brought radio listeners to tears as they shared how doctors warned the BBC icon to ‘prepare to go at any moment’ amid his battle against a terminal illness.

Johnnie, 79, has been suffering from Idiopathic Pulminary Fibrosis – an inflammation of the lungs – for the past four years – but has been left housebound and needing round the clock care since January.

The radio personality made listeners emotional as, in a special programme broadcast on Monday, he thanked Tiggy for ‘saving his life’ after he was diagnosed with cancer immediately after returning from their honeymoon in India around 20 years ago. 

Johnnie said: ‘I’ve only got a finite amount of time left here in the physical, before I pass over. It’s a very reflective time for us.’

He continued: ‘Here we are at the end of my life when you’re …