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Des O'Connor

Presenter, Comedian, Singer
12 January 1932 to 14 November 2020

A British presenter, comedian and singer who rose to prominence with his chat and variety series The Des O’Connor Show (1963-1973), O’Connor also enjoyed chart success with his 1968 single ‘I Pretend’ reaching number one. He became a fixture of British television with Des O’Connor Tonight (1977-2002) and later presented Today with Des and Mel (2002-2006) and Countdown (2007-2008).

Read Des O'Connor's Guardian obituary

Read Des O'Connor's Times obituary

Read Des O'Connor's Independent obituary