Peel Fans Still Post Records To Late Dj's Home.... Legendary Bbc Dj John Peel still gets sent records in the mail from aspiring musicians - nearly three years after this death.Peel, who died of a heart attack in Peru in 2004, had one of the largest personal record collections in the world, and contemporary up-and-coming artists still want their music archived at the late broadcaster's England home.His widow Sheila Ravenscroft says, "People send in their records and ask for them to be part of his collection. It feels a bit strange but it's nice to get them."