Tony Blackburn gets OBE: Radio Two broadcasting veteran, 80, says award is 'icing on a very lovely cake' after he battled back from life-threatening sepsis and pneumonia

The 80-year-old, who has spent almost six decades on the BBC and commercial radio stations, became a household name as the first DJ on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

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