17 June 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\nJohnnie Walker’s wife is a “bit excited” about her life after the DJ’s death.<\/p>\n
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Johnnie and Tiggy Walker are preparing for his death<\/p>\n
\nThe 79-year-old broadcaster’s spouse Tiggy Walker revealed last week that her husband has incurable idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and was given between two and five years to live in August 2019 and while she “can’t imagine” life without the ‘Sounds of the 70s’ presenter, the 63-year-old producer is still looking forward to her own future.<\/p>\n
\nShe told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: \u201cWhen I married Johnnie, his career definitely took priority. There was even an infuriating perception among some BBC producers that I was lucky to be Johnnie\u2019s wife. <\/p>\n
\n“Now as I move into my 60s and [my film adaptation of] ‘Antonia’ is coming together, I feel I\u2019m coming back into my power.<\/p>\n
\n“I can\u2019t imagine what it will be like with Johnnie not being here, but I will also be in charge of my life again. A bit of me is excited about that.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nJohnnie – who is now wheelchair bound and dependent on an oxygen machine – is happy for his wife to move on.<\/p>\n
\nHe joked: \u201cI need to die quickly so that she can get on and make her film.”<\/p>\n
\nTiggy has already contacted an estate agent about their current bungalow home, noting “the brochures are ready to go” and is looking at a cottage a few miles away.<\/p>\n
\nBut she is adamant she won’t go looking for love again: \u201cThere will be no one after Johnnie. Because how could anyone follow him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe couple have even started selling off the veteran broadcaster’s clothes on online marketplace Vinted.<\/p>\n
\nTiggy said: \u201cWe have a right laugh about it. Some people have got absolute bargains \u2013 the other day we sold a lovely Richard James dinner suit for a song.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nAnd the couple have finalised all the arrangements for Johnnie’s funeral.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I don\u2019t think we want to reveal the details. We need to keep a showbiz element of surprise. Although Tiggy has said that after the service she wants the hearse to go up the high street to the crematorium blasting out Springsteen\u2019s ‘Born to Run’.”<\/p>\n
\nHis wife added: \u201cYou\u2019ll be on your own then, Johnnie. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ll be with our guests. I don\u2019t believe in holding your hand until the very last minute.”<\/p>\n
\nDespite being accepting of his impending death and supportive of assisted dying, Johnnie insisted it isn’t the path he wants to take.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I\u2019ve even said, if I get a chest infection, which would kill me in two or three days, I don\u2019t want to go to hospital. I want to remain at home…<\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019m not afraid [f dying]. I believe in life after death. I know I\u2019ll be able to look down on Tiggy. She\u2019ll go through loss and sorrow but she will also be free.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAnd Johnnie has no plans to stop working.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cFor many people, ‘Sounds of the 70s’ is part of their Sunday afternoon. As long as I can keep doing the show I will. It gives me a purpose. If I stopped doing it I\u2019d probably die a lot sooner. Anyway, when you play records you are bringing back memories for people as well as playing records that they love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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