Sir Michael Parkinson's illustrious career spanned five decades, during which he chatted to the likes of John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Muhammad Ali (four times. Michael parkinson interviews list
Michael Parkinson's gentle but probing style set a standard for television chat shows that has rarely been equalled. In a remarkable career, he interviewed some of the most famous people in.
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Michael Parkinson, a broadcaster known throughout Britain for his interviews with hundreds of the world’s most famous actors, musicians, athletes and politicians — many of them conducted on his.
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From prize-winning journalist to chat show king on a show voted one of the top 10 British TV programs of all time, Michael Parkinson's starry career spans over four decades. Michael parkinson reason for death
CHAT show host and journalist Sir Michael Parkinson - arguably Barnsley’s most famous son - died at the age of 88 on Wednesday night. The Chronicle delved into the TV king’s colourful life Parky grew up in Moorland Terrace, Cudworth and his father Jack worked at Grimethorpe Pit.
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Sir Michael was born on 28 March , in Cudworth, near Barnsley, in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire. Far from being born into showbiz, his father and grandfather before him were miners, and a young Parkinson left school with dreams of becoming a professional cricketer.
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Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (28 March – 16 August ) was an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show Parkinson from to and from to , as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and abroad.