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Terry Wogan

テリー・ウォーガン　/　てりー・うぉーがん

Radio personality from Ireland

August 3, 1938 – January 31, 2016　・　Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland

County Limerick
radio personality
television presenter
narrator

My Take

Terry Wogan represents a kind of broadcasting that I worry we have lost: gentle, literate, mischievous without malice. Eight million people choosing his breakfast show every morning was not about format or playlist; it was about a voice that treated listeners as friends in on the joke. His Eurovision commentary remains the gold standard of affectionate sarcasm, puncturing absurdity while clearly loving the spectacle. I also find it telling that an Irishman became Britain's most beloved broadcaster, knighted and mourned nationally in 2016, because charm that crosses old borders is rarer than talent. Wogan made companionship into an art form, and radio has felt a little colder since.

Overview

Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in Britain for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Terry Wogan
Name (Japanese): テリー・ウォーガン
Reading: てりー・うぉーがん
Born: August 3, 1938 – January 31, 2016
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Tiger
Origin: Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: radio personality / television presenter / narrator / game show host / autobiographer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Crescent College

Awards & achievements

2005 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1997 Officer of the Order of the British Empire

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.terrywogan.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Wogan

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