Terry Wogan

Sir Terry Wogan KBE, DL
Wogan at the Investiture for his KBE at Buckingham Palace in December 2005
Born	Michael Terence Wogan (1938-08-03)3 August 1938 Limerick, Ireland
Died	31 January 2016(2016-01-31) (aged 77) Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death	Cancer
Nationality	Irish
Citizenship	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) Wogan (1982–1992) 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 (1965-2016; his death)
Children	4
Website	terrywogan.com
Terry Wogan's voice Recorded January 2012 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL (/ˈwoʊɡən/, 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Before he retired in 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan had eight million regular listeners, making him the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe.

Wogan was a leading media personality in Britain and Ireland from the late 1960s and was often referred to as a "national treasure". In addition to his weekday radio show, he was known for his work on television, including the BBC One chat show Wogan, presenting Children in Need, the game show Blankety Blank and Come Dancing. He was the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest from 1971 to 2008 and its host in 1998. From 2010 to 2015 he presented Weekend Wogan, a two-hour Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 2.

In 2005, Wogan acquired British citizenship in addition to his Irish nationality and was thus entitled to use the title "Sir" in front of his name when he was awarded a knighthood in the same year. He died from cancer at his home in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, on 31 January 2016, aged 77.