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Savile, Jimmy
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popular name of Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile
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pronunciation:
[savil]
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| Television and radio personality, born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. A former miner, he achieved fame as a radio disc-jockey and television personality, with regular appearances on Top of the Pops from 1963. On television he began to host Jim'll Fix It in 1975, helping to realize the dreams of ordinary people. His flamboyant style contrasts with his other role as a voluntary helper at Leeds Infirmary and elsewhere; he has used his nationwide prominence and popularity to raise huge sums of money for deserving causes (such as £12 million to rebuild the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville). He has written two volumes of autobiography, As It Happens (1975) and Love Is an Uphill Thing (1976). He was knighted in 1990. |
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