BBC Radio 2 DJ Sir Jimmy Young requested his corpse be given lethal jab over fears he would be buried alive

VETERAN presenter Sir Jimmy Young made a bizarre last request for his corpse to be given a lethal injection - to make sure he was really dead.

Sir Jimmy’s will reveals the DJ had a fear of being buried alive if doctors had wrongly certified him as deceased.

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In an apparent bid to avoid the risk of waking up in his coffin, he requested that he be given ‘a lethal injection’ after being certified dead.

He wrote in his 2008 will: “I hereby express the wish that my Trustees will use their best endeavours to ensure that after I have been certified dead and before I am buried my body shall receive a lethal injection.”

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Sir Jimmy, who died aged 95, last November, left the bulk of his £2.7million estate to his wife of 20 years Alicia, 64, who lived with him in Chiswick, west London.

He also left £50,000 to daughter from his first marriage, Lesley Kaplan, and legacies of £15,000 and £5,000 to two other friends or relatives.

The broadcaster was known as Baroness Thatcher’s favourite DJ and interviewed the then prime minister 14 times on his show.

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The former crooner spent nearly three decades at Radio 2 before his afternoon show was axed in 2002 when he was 89. The sacking sparked public outrage and was even raised in Parliament.

The Queen was also said to be among the millions of listeners who regularly tuned into his show before he was replaced by Jeremy Vine.

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Accountant Alan Coomber who was one of Sir jimmy’s trustees, did not respond to a request to comment on the reasons for him including the instruction in the will and whether it was carried out.

However pals of Sir Jimmy Young said he did have a lethal injection request in his will and suggested "his wishes were adhered to."

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Last night a friend told The Sun: "Jimmy did have this sort of fear and did put that in his will.

"The undertakers assured Alicia that the process in preparing for cremation was adhered to Jimmy's wishes.

";So everyone felt it was done properly and everyone felt comfortable."