Desmond Bernard O’Connor CBE was an English comedian, singer and television presenter. He was a long-time TV chat-show host, beginning with The Des O’Connor Show in 1963. He recorded 36 albums and had four top-ten UK singles, including a number-one hit with \”I Pretend\”, with global sales of more than sixteen million records.
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Desmond Bernard O’Connor CBE was an English comedian, singer and television presenter. He was a long-time TV chat-show host, beginning with The Des O’Connor Show in 1963. He also presented several U.K. television game shows, including Take Your Pick from 1992 to 1999, and Countdown for two years between 2007 and 2008. He recorded 36 albums and had four top-ten UK singles, including a number-one hit with \”I Pretend\”, with global sales of more than sixteen million records. Well known for his friendship with comedians Morecambe and Wise, his singing ability was often light-heartedly mocked on their show.
He toured the UK in 2017 with his one-man show, ‘Desmond’ In 2001, he was presented with the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards for his contribution to television. In 2002 he was the first subject of the second incarnation of the long-running television programme This Is Your Life, produced by Thames Television. He died in a car accident in 2009, aged 83.
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