Ray Gosling

Ray Gosling in December 2008.

Raymond Arthur "Ray" Gosling (5 May 1939 – 19 November 2013) was an English broadcaster[disambiguation needed], journalist, writer, and LGBT rights activist. He was best known for writing and presenting several hundred television and radio documentaries and regional programmes for BBC Radio 4 and Granada Television

Gosling was born on 5 May 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. He went to Northampton Grammar School and the University of Leicester. In February 2010, he claimed during a local BBC television programme to have killed a lover in an act of euthanasia. He was arrested, but the claims were not real and he was given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.[1]

Gosling died on 19 November 2013 at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was 74 years old.[2]

References

  1. "BBC man Ray Gosling admits killing Aids-suffering lover". BBC. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. Quinn, Ben (20 November 2013). Ray Gosling, broadcaster and gay rights activist, dies aged 74. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/19/ray-gosling-dies. Retrieved 23 March 2014. 

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