David Cavanagh

David Cavanagh was an Irish writer and music journalist who was the editor of Select magazine in the 1990s. and Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life, about John Peel.

Cavanagh was born in Dublin and grew up in Northern Ireland.

He died by suicide in Luton in December 2018, aged 54. Music for Boys. Fourth Estate, 2003. . 1000 Songs to Change Your Life. Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis. . Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber, 2015. .