RIP Sir Terry
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:24 pm
This won't mean much to anyone outside the UK.
Tributes have poured in for veteran BBC broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan who has died aged 77, after a short illness.
BBC director general Tony Hall hailed him as "a broadcasting legend".
Sir Terry hosted a long-running TV chat show, fronted the Eurovision Song Contest and was the face of Children in Need, while his Radio 2 breakfast show regularly had around 8m listeners.
Broadcaster Simon Mayo said: "There was no-one better at being a friend behind the microphone than Sir Terry".
Sir Terry, who had not been seen in public since November when he pulled out of hosting the annual Children in Need telethon, died "after a short but brave battle with cancer", his family said.
He leaves his wife Helen and their three children. The couple also had a daughter who died in infancy.
"He passed away surrounded by his family. While we understand he will be missed by many, the family ask that their privacy is respected at this time," his family said, in a statement on Sunday.
