Former TV presenter Henry Kelly dies aged 78 as family pay tribute
The writer and broadcaster died "peacefully" on Tuesday "after a period of ill health", his family said.
Former Going For Gold and Game For A Laugh host Henry Kelly has died aged 78.
The writer and broadcaster died "peacefully" on Tuesday "after a period of ill health", his family said.
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They said in a statement: "Henry will be sorely missed by his friends and family, including his partner Karolyn Shindler, their son Alexander, Henry's daughter Siobhan and her mother Marjorie."
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Born in Dublin on April 17 1946, Kelly began his career at the broadsheet newspaper The Irish Times.
He went on to become its northern editor, based in Belfast in the 1970s - where he covered the height of the Troubles.
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In 1976, he moved to London and joined the long-running BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme, The World Tonight, as a reporter and presenter.
TV presenting gigs followed from the 1980s, including entertainment show Game for a Laugh on ITV from 1981.
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He went on to host BBC 1 game show Going for Gold for 10 seasons from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.