http://news.google.co.uk/news?num=30&hl=en&ned=uk&ie=utf-8&q=John-Peel
A google news search shows that John's death is news all over the world. Media outlets in Taiwan, Australia, California, and even Wales.
Maybe being a familiar voice on the world service played a part there, but they all seem to refer to the music.
I can think of very few people that I've never met that I'd shed a tear over, but I did today.
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