BBC DJ and Live Aid presenter Andy Kershaw has died following a cancer diagnosis earlier this year. Kershaw was a familiar voice on Radio 1 for 15 years
BBC DJ and Live Aid presenter Andy Kershaw has died at the age of 66, months after he revealed he was battling cancer.
His family confirmed that he died yesterday evening (Thursday), months after it was announced he had cancer and was struggling to walk. Kershaw was best known for his 15-year career on BBC Radio 1 from the 1980s.
Kershaw was a familiar voice on Radio 1 for 15 years from 1985, known for his eclectic taste and for helping champion world music. He also worked at Radio 3 and made travel documentaries for Channel 4.
Earlier this year, his friend and podcast producer Peter Everett shared on Facebook that Andy had been undergoing treatment including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, physiotherapy and “a lot of scans and painkillers”.
“Although we’ve not been able to put together any podcasts in the last six months, we are very grateful to all the patrons and supporters who have stuck with us,” he wrote.
He also shared a message from Kershaw himself, who had said: “I am in good spirits, feeling very positive and planning another podcast. I am determined not to die before Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Ant and Dec. That should keep me going for a while.”
Back in 2008, Kershaw hit the headlines following a split from ex-wife Juliette Banner, with the DJ revealing had ended due to his infidelity. She obtained a court order to keep him away from their two children, which he repeatedly broke the terms of and was imprisoned three times for such.
“Nobody, not even my allies within the serious media, bothered to look at what was really going on,” he had said, “All I wanted to do was see my children, so why was I in jail? Why was I on the run? It was ridiculous, insane.”
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