Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BBC radio presenter Janice Long has died aged 66. She died following a short illness, her agent confirmed to the BBC. Tim Davie, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janice Long, the first woman to have her own daily show on the BBC’s Radio 1, died at home on Christmas Day. She was 66 and had ...

Figures from the worlds of music and broadcasting have paid tribute to “trailblazing” BBC radio presenter Janice Long following her death aged 66. Long, who was the first regular female presenter on ...

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She was the first regular female presenter on Top Of The Pops. BBC radio presenter Janice Long, who was the first regular female presenter on Top Of The Pops, has died at the age of 66. During a ...

Janice Long has died at the age of 66, her agent confirmed today. The radio broadcaster and former Top of the Pops presenter died after "a short illness" while at home with her family on Christmas Day ...