Sir Michael Parkinson, the legendary television interviewer, has passed away aged 88 following “a brief illness”, his family has announced.
Parkinson enjoyed one of the most illustrious careers in the history of British broadcasting, the miner’s son setting out from Cudworth in South Yorkshire to begin a career in print journalism in the 1950s, rising from local newspapers to stints at The Daily Express and The Guardian before landing his eponymous interview show at the BBC in 1971.
