Michael Parkinson "Parky" has died aged 88

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Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed.

His TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world's biggest stars on his long-running chat show.

A statement from Sir Michael's family said: "After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family.

"The family request that they are given privacy and time to grieve."

The presenter revealed he was receiving radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer in 2013, and said he got the all-clear from doctors two years later.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66411604

[Kate!]

Aww. Very sad to hear this. A lovely man.

[Vanessa]

Oh no, I liked him. :bawling:

[thesheriff443]

Very sad news but looked so frail recently
He lived local to me and owned a local successful pub a stones throw from Hestons fat duck restaurant

His son also had a pub not far from me but in the last two years that was closed , sold and been knocked down.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Chatshow legend

RIP

[arista]

Emu attacking him
was great


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[rusticgal]

Very sad news but looked so frail recently
He lived local to me and owned a local successful pub a stones throw from Hestons fat duck restaurant

His son also had a pub not far from me but in the last two years that was closed , sold and been knocked down.


Which pub near the Fat Duck Sheriff?

[arista]

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[Celebrations: The broadcaster was last seen in April,
with his friend and cricket umpire Dickie Bird (pictured),
who was celebrating his 90th birthday in Leeds]

[rusticgal]

He was a legend in his day....

[arista]

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Trouble Maker Yoko.


[1971, he spoke to John Lennon and Yoko Ono,
in one of his earliest episodes of his seminal show]

[arista]

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Good Friends Politically

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[arista]

The BBC has so many clips
they can show much more
than a Boxer

[Zizu]

I can’t get too emotional about a guy who just TALKED .. apologies


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[Livia]

I can’t get too emotional about a guy who just TALKED .. apologies


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No one's emotional. I'd say, more respectful. But thanks for sharing a big negative.

RIP Parky.

[thesheriff443]

Which pub near the Fat Duck Sheriff?

The hinds head in bray

There is a cricket pitch just round the corner and he would play there for charity matches

Funny enough Rolf Harris lived half a mile up the road.

[Niamh.]

The hinds head in bray

There is a cricket pitch just round the corner and he would play there for charity matches

Funny enough Rolf Harris lived half a mile up the road.

We have a Bray here in Ireland too, a few of our celebs are from there too Katie Taylor, Hozier & Dara O'Briain to name a few

RIP to Mr. Parkinson

[arista]

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[Cherie]

He was one of the best, it takes alot of skill to interview people and get the best out of them,

RIP Parky

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Kazanne]

He was a great talk show host one of his best was Billy Connolly and Emu,he had the best guests,such a lovely man,RIP Mr Parkinson.

[Zizu]

No one's emotional. I'd say, more respectful. But thanks for sharing a big negative.

RIP Parky.


I just never really took to him tbh


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[Crimson Dynamo]

As for man, his days are like grass;

he flourishes like a flower of the field;

for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

and its place knows it no more.

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[rusticgal]

The hinds head in bray

There is a cricket pitch just round the corner and he would play there for charity matches

Funny enough Rolf Harris lived half a mile up the road.

I have been there…a few years back.

[arista]

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Emu and Parky

[UserSince2005]

I miss when Yorkshire was known for its Parky and not its... well, lets say, Bradford inhabitants

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[Mystic Mock]

RIP.

[arista]

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[Gusto Brunt]

We don't have chat show hosts like Parky any more.

We have big mouth show-offs who take the p&*$ and force laughter on the audience.

Parky had a gift of making people speak freely and you could hear a pin drop. Those old shows are absolutely brilliant. And the stars he interviewed, we don't have those types any more.

RIP, TV legend.