Terry Wogan RIP

Pretending you're not as old as you actually are again?

 

Think I trailed my age rather explicitly (and tediously) on here. Wogan was older than my Mum.

 

David Bowie was 67...but he was a hero

 

RIP - celebrities from my generation are all passing on - same age my Dad died.

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A younger Sir Terry at the BBC studios in Manchester

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Turning back the clock: Sir Terry with wife Helen and sons Alan, four, and baby Mark

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Sir Terry and wife, Helen, at Royal Ascot, where they are regular guest of the Queen in the Royal Box

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...epressible-gives-verdict-former-employer.html

 

Bowie was 10 years younger than my Mum, and with all due respect to Sir Terry, not really a fair comparison. Read earlier today that he could use the 'Sir' because he was born before the Republic became a republic and had dual Irish/British nationality. Now I need to read a bit of Irish history, I don't really understand the republic thing in 1938, when Sir Terry was born.

 

He was definitely a part of my life during the 80s, 90s and 2000s. You're my age aren't you?

 

If you have reached the heights of 55 Col, yes. But I lived out of the U.K. for most of the 80s and early 90s and I have never listened to Radio Two (even though presumably now I am its core demographic) because it was so hysterically bad in the 70s, apart from the Saturday football which we always had on coming back from Loftus Road and I remember Des Lynam doing in the old days. Also don't do early evening TV, which I believe he dominated for a long time. Nothing against Sir Terry who was clearly deeply loved and had some real wit, he simply passed me by.

 

Fair enough. I never listened to radio 2 in the 70s either.
I always remember Wogan's interview shows, his fantastically funny, sarcastic Eurovision commentary and his very funny breakfast show on radio 2 with the side-splittingly "Janet and John" stories.
I found him to be very articulate, genial and extremely intelligent.

I'm 55 later in the year mate.

 

Thanks nines for posting that.
That silky Irish voice will be truly missed. Highlights for me were Janet & John as previously mentioned and taking the piss as far as he dare during Eurovision.

 

According to Wiki he could use the title "Sir" because he took British Citizenship in 2005 whilst also remaining an Irish citizen, nowt to do with when the Republic became a Republic......

 

Dear old Frank Finlay has died at 89. Good innings, but that's another gone.

 

Just read on his wiki page that he was a " Devout Roman Catholic, and he belonged to the British Catholic Stage Guild"
RIP

What I want to know though, and I hope I've beaten Grove to it, is did he support QPR?

 

Ah but have you asked that question on the Frank Finlay RIP thread?

 

I had the greatest pleasure to meet Mr Wogan 20 odd years ago when he was filming his show in Boston.
3 of us were walking along the 'Beach' when we noticed him recording a piece with just his cameraman for company. Suprised at seeing who was a pretty big celeb at the time, we walked over for a chat and to ask what he was there for.
The man was a total gentleman and gave us his time to have a chat and to pose for some photos ( which I still have).
A lovely man and very funny...a character who will be missed.
RIP Tel

 

I haven't lived in the UK for near 34 years so most of what he did passed me by. But I loved his performances in the Eurovision song sh*te which he made enjoyable for me especially when surrounded by Norwegians, he always gently reminded them about Norway and No points. RIP

 

One of the things not mentioned about Wogan was the fact that he was the first Irish broadcaster to make it big in the UK. This was at a time in the 80;s and 90;s when it wasn't easy for Irish people to become mainstream broadcasters in the UK due to the troubles in the North. For Irish people in general, that period was terrible. I know as I experienced some of the discrimination when I lived there. He led the way for the likes of Graham Norton, Darren O Brian and a host of others to work in UK television and radio.

 

Don't forget Eamonn Andrews, he was pretty big in his day

 

Any person born in the Republic of Ireland prior to 1949 can choose British nationality if they wish and they are therefore entitled to a British passport.