Czech-born composer and broadcaster Karel Janovický dies at 93

Karel Janovický (real name Bohuš František Šimsa), a Czech-born composer, pianist, writer and broadcaster, died this week in the United Kingdom at the age of 93, his family said. The Plzeň-born Janovický and his future wife escaped from Communist Czechoslovakia in 1949 and settled in London. He worked for the BBC and headed the station’s Czechoslovak section in the 1980s.

Mr. Janovický was also active in the scouts, where he had the nickname Joviš.