Jimmy Savile, eccentric king of children's TV, dies aged 84

As tributes pour in for the Fix It host, Tracy McVeigh looks back at an extraordinary career on radio and TVWhere does one begin to describe the life and trademarks of Sir Jimmy Savile, who was discovered dead at his home in Yorkshire on Saturday , just two days before his 85th birthday?Police were called to his house at Roundhay, Leeds, just after midday and said there were no suspicious circumstances around his death.An eccentric British entertainment figure for some six decades, with wild pla...

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