M. Terry Wogan

Sir

M. Terry Wogan
Sir; M. Terry Wogan;
	Wogan at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2015
Born	Michael Terence Wogan; 3 August 1938; Limerick, Ireland
Died	31 January 2016 (aged 77); Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
Citizenship	Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom
Years active	1956–2015
Employer	BBC
Known for	Television presenting: Eurovision Song Contest; (1971–2008); Blankety Blank (1979–1983); Children in Need (1980–2014, with a small appearance in 2015); Wogan (1982–1992); Points of View (1999–2007); Wogan's Perfect Recall; (2008–2010); Radio presenting: The Terry Wogan Show (1972–1984); Wake Up to Wogan (1993–2009); Weekend Wogan (2010–2015);
Spouse(s)	Helen Joyce (m.1965-2016, his death)
Children	4
	Terry Wogan's voice
	Recorded January 2012 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
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Website	terrywogan.com

Sir Michael Terence Wogan (/ˈwoʊɡən/; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was a veteran Irish-British radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Before he retired from the weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan on BBC Radio 2 on 18 December 2009, Wogan had a regular eight million listeners, making him the most listened to radio broadcaster of any European nation.^[1] He began his career at Raidió Teilifís Éireann where he presented shows such as Jackpot in the 1960s.

Wogan was a leading media personality in the UK from the late 1960s and is often referred to as a national treasure.^[1] He is best known in the United Kingdom for his BBC 1 chat show Wogan, the game show Blankety Blank, for his work presenting Children in Need, as the host of Wake Up to Woganon BBC Radio 2, and as the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest from 1980 to 2008. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2005. When he took dual British citizenship later that year, he became entitled to be addressed as "Sir Terry Wogan".