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BBC Radio 3 and World Service host Charlie Gillett has died after a long illness, aged 68. Known as a champion of world music, the British broadcaster passed away in a London hospital on Wednesday, his family has confirmed. He contracted an autoimmune disease, and last week suffered a heart attack. Gillett is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing Sultans of Swing from their demo tape on his Radio London show Honky Tonk. He also wrote an acclaimed history of rock ‘n’ roll, The Sound of the City, in the 1970s. The World’s Jeb Sharp has an appreciation of Gillett’s work.
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