resided in Newbury, but they separated in January 2002 and were divorced. He received a 12-month driving ban in 1999 for drink driving. In May 2006, Brookes suffered a heart attack and was treated at St Thomas' Hospital, London where he was interviewed by Nadia Sawalha as a patient on BBC One's City Hospital. In the interview he said he would try to give up smoking which he acknowledged as the main reason for his illness. References External links Bruno Brookes' Company, Immedia 1959 births English radio DJs English businesspeople Living people People from Stoke-on-Trent BBC Radio 1 presenters English chief executives Top of the Pops presenters