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.
RIP Sir Terry
RIP Sir Terry
This won't mean much to anyone outside the UK.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Re: RIP Sir Terry
With the Webb Sisters (lucky man)
so you are dead then
mr wogan
but only in real life
your podcasts continue
for a time
my friend keith's mum
liked your voice
until she died
no more waking up
for either of you then
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Re: RIP Sir Terry
Thank you Thribb, that's enough for now.[Ed]
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”