Terry Wogan

TERRY WOGAN d2016. Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe. He was a leading media personality in Britain and Ireland from the late 1960s and was often referred to as a "national treasure". In addition to his weekday radio show, he was known for his work on television, including the BBC1 chat show Wogan / Children in Need / Blankety Blank and Come Dancing. He was the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest every year from 1980 to 2008. In 2005 he was awarded a knighthood. He died of cancer aged 77 at his home on 31st January 2016