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He always seemed to be a warm & kind person, with a razor sharp wit
He'll be sadly missed
He stood out for being someone who worked in the media but didn't have a bad bone in his body.
Just read the BBC bio, which seemed a little negative to me. He was too good for the monster the Beeb became over the years, RIP Terry.
Some of his eurovision quips
"She had a nasty shock before she came on stage" - Norway, 1987
"The lady's poured into something black" - Netherlands, 1993
"Here he is - the beard from Basel" - Switzerland, 1994
"That was song 11. There's only about 300 more to go" - Croatia, 1995
"Cruella de Vil sings for France" - France, 1999
"A defined, well-set, lump of a woman," - Malta, 2005
Have to admit, I was expecting him to be older.
A true professional at what he did, never seemed to have an ego with it. A real shame. But he had a great life doing what he seemed to love.
And - don't forget - he had more banking qualifications than the heads of any of the big banks when the recession hit! 😕
So sad to hear that this morning, just seemed completely genuine, very nice, and very funny.
What Headfirst said. Had me in tears many times with that stuff.
RIP Terry.
No. Just heard for the first time here. I can remember his shows as a kid also. RIP. Also the Eurovisions were so funny. I echo all the sentiments, sad loss.
That white fiver will never be repaid now. RIP Terry
RIP and all that but the big question is.... was it a syrup?
Very sad when I saw it as a headline on Sky and BBC News on my pad first thing this morning. His was just about the only show I could listen to on R2, helped by the team he had working with him to bounce stuff off of.
RIP Sir Terence of Wogan. 🙁
He was a friend of my dads, I used to see him quite a lot and he was the most genuinely lovely guy, as many have said a true legend of our generation. I know my Dad spoke very fondly and in his final days terry came to see him at quite some disruption to his schedule, but as he said at the time, that's what you do. A few tears from my mum today on this mainly as she's the same age and I think she is getting aware of her age. I also am in possession of a blanket blank chequebook and pen !
I had a Terry "moment".
In Covent Garden,he was sitting on a bench in Neals Yard.
He clocked that I had clocked him.
He lit a mahoosive Cuban,and give me a wink. I winked back . 🙂
RIP Terry.
Top bloke of the highest order. He gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people and will be greatly missed.
I'll issue his excellent contribution to the Eurovision song thing.
He came into a fringe venue I was working in, apparently purely to heckle Bob Monkhouse, then ****ed off laughing like a nutter. Just seemed to love his life basically.
(also in all my life I've only ever had 2 people genuinely say "Do you know who I am". But with Wogan, when I said course I do (and kind of horified/disappointed), he said "Damn it. Could you let me in anyway?". Simple joke, delivered like a nuclear bomb.)
His Eurovision commentary was at times hilarious.
I also liked the way he'd refer to his wife as 'The current Mrs Wogan' even though they'd been married for decades.
RIP - sadly missed.
From tomorrow's telegraph.
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