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wreath of yellow roses. <p> Applause greeted Peel's coffin as it departed St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, to his favourite song, Teenage Kicks by the Undertones. <p> Peel died last month after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Peru. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td class="sibtbg"> <div class="o"> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Some 3,000 people are at the service" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40520000/jpg/_40520223_peel_crowd2_203pa.jpg" /> </div> <div class="o"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="2" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif" /><br /> </div> <div class="miiib">  <div class="arr"><a href="/2/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/4006879.stm" class=""> In pictures: John Peel's funeral </a></div>   <div><a href="#" class=""> </a><a HREF="javascript:launchAVConsoleStory('4006919')"><img src="/nol/shared/img/v3/videonews.gif" border="0">Thousands pay tribute </a></div>  </div> </td> </tr> </table>  His wife, Sheila, was with him when he died. <p> With Sir Elton's wreath was a card reading: "Thank you for all the great music. You were a hero for so many. Much love, Elton." <p> Fellow DJs Mark Radcliffe, Annie Nightingale and Paul Gambaccini - who gave a tribute - were also at the service, along with singer Billy Bragg. <p>BBC Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt was also there, along with the BBC's deputy director general, Mark Byford. <p>Some 1,000 people were inside the cathedral, while up to 2,000 others listened to the service outside via loudspeakers. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40520000/jpg/_40520003_elton_flowers_203pa.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Sir Elton John left a wreath outside the cathedral</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  Peel's real name of John Ravenscroft was given on the order of service, which contained a quote from the reggae band Misty in Roots. <p> It read: "When we trod this land, we walk for one reason... to try to help another man think for himself. <p> "The music of our hearts is roots music, which recalls history, because without the knowledge of your history, you cannot determine your destiny: the music about the present, because if you are not conscious about the present, you're like a cabbage in this society." <p><b>'You are with Walters'</b> <p> Gambaccini started his tribute by talking about Peel's producer and friend, John Walters, who died in 2001. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td class="sibtbg"> <div> <div class="mva"> <img height="13" border="0" width="24" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" /> <b> The response to John's death has been absolutely overwhelming </b> <img height="13" align="right" vspace="0" border="0" width="23" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" /><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div> Alan Ravenscroft, John Peel's brother </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table>  "Sheila told me that just half an hour before you passed away, you said, I miss John Walters, I wish I'd spent more time with him when he was alive. <p> "And now you are with him, probably talking about us, talking about the time I got up off the table at Ronnie Scott's, taking the tablecloth with me." <p> He added: "You broke more artists then any broadcaster in this history of radio. <p> "Every artist once needed a John Peel - some of the people who paid tributes to you were Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin and Elton John." <p> Alan Ravenscroft told the congregation of his "extraordinary brother". <p> He said: "John was always the same person. The response to John's death has been absolutely overwhelming. It made me think of Princess Diana to be honest with you." <p><b>'Fabulously lucky'</b> <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40518000/jpg/_40518479_john_peel_glasto203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Peel died on a working holiday in Peru last month</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  The service ended with clips of Peel talking about his life - before the Liverpool FC anthem You'll Never Walk Alone faded into Teenage Kicks. <p> Peel could be heard saying: "I'm fabulously lucky, I've got everything I wanted as a kid, a house in the country, an astounding wife, and a job on the radio. I don't know what could be done to improve it. <p> "If I drop dead tomorrow, I'll have nothing to complain about - except that there'll be another Fall album out next year." <p> A private family service followed the funeral. <p> <b>Music champion</b> <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Jarvis Cocker" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40518000/jpg/_40518883_jarvis203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">John Peel gave Jarvis Cocker's band Pulp their big break</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  Tributes poured in from thousands of listeners as well as musicians and fellow broadcasters when Peel died. <p>"We have taken great comfort in recent weeks from the messages of support that we have received from around the world," Peel's widow Sheila and their four children said in a statement. <p> "John was loved by so many for a multitude of reasons. To us he was a loving husband, father and above all friend. We are going to miss him terribly." <p> Peel joined Radio 1 upon its launch in 1967, and championed the careers of countless up-and-coming acts, gaining a global reputation through his work on the BBC's World Service. <p> <p>Bands even played for Peel at his home near Great Finborough, near Stowmarket, Suffolk. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Jack White" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40520000/jpg/_40520259_jack_white_pa203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Jack White: The White Stripes were championed by Peel</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  He later swapped tales of family life on Radio 4's Home Truth's programme. <p>"Every time I think of John I'm reduced to tears at the thought of never sharing a Glastonbury night with him again - that I can never turn on the radio and through his show be part of his world again," said BBC Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley, who was at the service. <p> "I adored John and can't believe how much it hurts to have lost him. He was a one-off who inspired me greatly in the ways of music and family. I miss him now and always will." <p>  </font> <br /><br clear="all" /> <div class="mvtb"><table cellspacing="0" width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td width="213"><a onClick="popUpPage('http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4005023.stm','status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=370,height=445','Mailer')" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4005023.stm" class="epl" target="Mailer"> <img height="11" hspace="3" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="17" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/email.gif" /> E-mail this to a friend </a></td> <td width="203"><a onClick="popUpPage('http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4005023.stm','status=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,menubar=yes,width=600,height=445','Printer')" 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Radcliffe: 'He didn't mellow' </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/1/hi/entertainment/music/3955965.stm"> Nicky Campbell: 'A great guy' </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/1/hi/entertainment/music/3956343.stm"> Paul Morley: 'Forever young' </a> </div> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="3" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif" /><br /> <div class="nlp"> A LIFE IN MUSIC </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955369.stm"> Obituary: John Peel </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955511.stm"> Peel's huge impact on music </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/1/hi/entertainment/music/3956119.stm"> Peel's career away from music </a> </div> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="3" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif" /><br /> <div class="nlp"> IN PICTURES </div> <div class="arr"> <a 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