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1488:1962 births
1360:Ronnie Wood
1345:Tommy Vance
1305:Holly Samos
1245:Tim Lovejoy
1240:Geoff Lloyd
1220:Jeremy Kyle
1204:JK and Joel
1199:Polly James
1194:Nicky Horne
1189:Tony Hadley
1169:Dave Gorman
1154:Chris Evans
1139:Gary Davies
1096:Rob Beckett
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1300:Jo Russell
1295:Vic Reeves
1285:Steve Penk
1235:Martyn Lee
1225:Allan Lake
1081:Nick Abbot
1074:Former DJs
1032:Matt Forde
1013:Dave Berry
896:1997–1998
693:22 January
609:. BBC News
534:References
505:, London.
283:Simon Mayo
275:BBC Choice
258:alongside
110:Occupation
80:Wandsworth
53:1962-12-30
1548:LGBTQ DJs
1457:STV Group
1265:Al Murray
1216:Gary King
1212:Ben Jones
1121:Ray Cokes
1020:Andy Bush
827:The Times
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667:0950-6101
659:Gay Times
587:1 January
562:2 January
552:The Times
523:session.
503:Southwark
379:Best of X
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220:Gay Times
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1230:Iain Lee
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844:Obit in
809:Sky News
749:Archived
718:Elsevier
512:after a
260:Zoe Ball
144:Zoe Ball
114:Radio DJ
1417:Jack FM
1106:OJ Borg
722:116–117
521:bondage
495:ecstasy
491:cocaine
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