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Terry Wogan
3 August 1938
Terry Wogan played in 1 movies in the Documentary, Music genres.
Terry Wogan got succeed with average imdb rating 6.7.
He attended a Jesuit College in Ireland.Father of 'Katherine Wogan' (qv).Radio DJ and TV personality.Awarded an Honorary OBE in the 1997 New Year Honours List.Plays golf with 'Michael Parkinson (II)' (qv).Three children: Alan (born 1967), 'Mark Wogan' (qv) (born 1970) and 'Katherine Wogan' (qv) (born 1972).Holds the record for the longest televised putt. It was at Gleneagles golf course in a Pro-Celebrity golf tournament in BritainHas been a commentator for the United Kingdom in The Eurovision S... ong contest since the 70s and is well-known for his sarcastic language.He was awarded an honorary knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 11 June 2005. He later obtained dual citizenship (of the UK as well as his native Ireland) which allowed his honorary knighthood to be upgraded to full knighthood; he collected the award from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 6 December 2005.Refers to his listeners on Radio 2 as "TOGs" - "Terry's Old Geezers". After he was knighted, he joked that they are now going to be called "STOGs" - "Sir Terry's Old Geezers".Ranked #46 on the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".In 2006, he was one of several BBC star presenters whose salaries were leaked to a national newspaper by a temporary agency worker at the corporation. Following this, the BBC Trust launched a review into whether the BBC was paying its stars above the market rate, which was published in 2008 and vindicated the corporation.Read more Less
