Sir Terry Wogan dies after short illness

Sir Terry spent more than 50 years in radio and television, including presenting Wake up to Wogan on BBC Radio 2 and the Wogan chat show on BBC 1.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: “My thoughts are with Terry Wogan’s family. His warmth, wit and geniality meant that for millions he was a part of the family”, Mr Hall said. Today we’ve lost a wonderful friend.

“Jeremy said to Terry ‘How are you going to prepare for everything, have you done all your prep for that?’ And Terry said ‘No, I’ll just get out of the lift and I’ll wander into the studio”. Terry Wogan was the greatest TV radio broadcaster.

“He was a voice I think that remained in the background but was actually very important to you as you went to work on the tubes and on the buses around Britain”. I used to love him on Radio 2.

“There are great TV broadcasters & great radio broadcasters”.

“I don’t ever remember feeling nervous with him”.

He told the Press Association: “He was warm, funny, welcoming, generous”.

Terry was born in Limerick, Ireland and made his name on the national broadcaster RTE, first in radio and later as a TV presenter. He came to our civil partnership celebration and was a loyal supporter.

He was also the voice of Eurovision for many years and had been involved in Children in Need since it began.

“Terry was so kind and brought out the best in people, he had no side, he had no ego”. Always so nice. Thank you.

He said: ‘The family will be awfully awfully sad because the centre of his life was his family and children and his wife – lady Helen especially.

Mark Jones, who runs the Wall Of Sound record label and founded the Shoom club night, is a neighbour of Sir Terry in the Buckinghamshire village of Taplow.

“His was a distinguished contribution to television and in particular to the medium of radio”.

Limerick Council will open the books of condolence online and at their offices in Dooradolye and at Merchant’s Quay in the city.

Her most recent collaboration was with Sir Terry a year ago, when she went on to his show to talk about T’Pau’s 2015 release, Pleasure Pain.

“That will always stay with me – it made me laugh so much”.

“He was the absolute governor, everybody knows that”. To many of us Terry was Radio 2.

Later that month, he pulled out of Children In Need for health reasons.

Mrs Macintosh said: “We asked celebrities to pose with Pudsey Bear. We still can’t believe it”.

“It just grew from there”. For many of you, your children like mine, have children of their own.

The popular host helicoptered into a nearby farmer’s field for a VIP visit to SilverDell Bookshop in Poulton Street, where he signed copies of his autobiography, Mustn’t Grumble.

The Co Fermanagh priest said he noticed a change in Sir Terry after Christmas. He loved his racing and was an absolute joy as a companion.

He was replaced by another cutting Irishman and BBC Radio 2 presenter, Graham Norton.

He said: “I was stunned to hear of the death of Sir Terry Wogan – my great broadcasting colleague”.

The Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among many who paid tribute to him, saying he “acted in no small way as a bridge between Ireland and Britain”.

His family issued a statement, announcing the sad news. “Our thoughts are with his family”.