Tiggy Walker has a prized photograph that captures everything there is to know about her husband of 22 years, DJ Johnnie Walker, she says. Photographed a few weeks before his death, at a time when he was largely bedridden, Johnnie is in his dressing gown, his wheelchair parked in the doorway of their home. ‘Flat cap on, fag in hand and a coffee, with Jameson whiskey in it,’ says Tiggy, adding, with an arched brow, ‘It was taken at 10 o’clock in the morning.’
Laughing, while simultaneously shaking her head – something, you get the sense, probably happened a lot during their 23 years together - Tiggy, 64, adds, ‘He was old school rock and roll.’
And there’s no disputing that. Johnnie, whose mid-Atlantic, dulcet tones were a mainstay of…
