The renowned Dunedin broadcaster who interviewed greats of sport, from Sir Donald Bradman to Jesse Owens, died in Dunedin on Friday. He was 94.
Sellers, who never married and was an only child, will be farewelled at a service in Dunedin on Friday.
He was a sports lover who made that love his life and career.
Former Newstalk ZB general manager Bill Francis, of Auckland, first worked with Sellers when the two were employed in Dunedin from 1975 to 1983.
He stayed in contact with Sellers for the rest of his life and had a close friendship with the All Black fan.
"Last time I spoke to him was about three weeks ago. I told him I had just written a book on the cricketer Barry Sinclair and mentioned he had had a long-term partner, Rae Lamason.
"Out of the blue he said ‘they should have never taken Jack in '37.' I thought ‘where did that come from?'. He was talking about Jack Lamason who went on the 1937 New Zealand cricket tour of England.
"That was the mind. Just how he could remember such things.''
Francis said Sellers was loyal to his friends and also had other great loves, such as jazz music and having a quiet drink.
"He used to say ‘now, changing the subject but still talking about sport'. He just loved sport.''
He was a friend of broadcasters Francis, Keith Quinn, John McBeth, Tony Johnson and Joseph Romanos.
Sellers often kept in touch with those he interviewed for many years after he first talked to them.
He said former Australian batsman Neil Harvey had kept in contact with Sellers for a long time.
"I was over in Sydney last year and I was speaking at a conference and Neil Harvey was there. He was asking me all about Peter and how he was. Peter and he had kept corresponding after Peter interviewed him.''
An obituary will follow.
