The marriage was dissolved in 1975 and in 1977 he married Esma Jean Steer. He died aged 64 on 22 March 1995. In 2011, BBC journalist Justin Webb revealed that Peter Woods was his natural father. Woods had an affair with Webb's mother who was a secretary at the Daily Mirror when Woods was a star reporter. Woods though was already married and Webb's mother was separated from her first husband. Webb commented that the separation may have been as much his mother's doing as his father's, saying "I do not believe she was abandoned". Woods provided financially for Webb and supported his education at Sidcot School, but saw him only once, when he was six months old. References 1930 births 1995 deaths Deaths from cancer in England BBC newsreaders and journalists Royal Horse Guards officers People educated at Hull Grammar School People educated at the Imperial Services College