He presented a rap show on BBC Radio 1 for nearly 20 years from 1994 to 2013.
The British broadcaster has been rocked by multiple sexual scandals involving its top talent in recent years, including former news anchor Huw Edwards and ex-presenter Jimmy Savile.
Comedian Russell Brand, who presented a show on BBC’s Radio 2 between 2006 and 2008 is currently on facing trial in London accused of sexual offences.
Westwood presented MTV UK’s Pimp My Ride from 2005 to 2007 and is often cited as an inspiration for Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional Ali G character, a middle-class, suburban youth who acts in a way he thinks is typical of black people.
He is the son of a former Anglican bishop from the east of England, and was wounded in a drive-by shooting in London in 1999.
– Agence France-Presse
