Des O'Connor
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British singer, entertainer, presenter (1932–2020)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Coach Wisdom
- Laughter Lines: Comic Verse to Celebrate Life's Little Moments'
- DES O'Connor Autobiography
- Bananas Can't Fly!
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- Listeners
- 9,931
- Total plays
- 47,079
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Des O'Connor (born Desmond Bernard O'Connor, 12 January 1932 in Stepney, East End, London, died 14 November 2020 in Buckinghamshire, England) was a well-known veteran English television personality. Des O'Connor had a successful career as a singer, recording 34 albums and selling over 15 million records. His singing ability was mocked frequently, most notably by legendary British comedians Morecambe and Wise. O'Connor, however, always took criticism in good-humour <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- O'Connor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stepney
- Place of death
- Buckinghamshire
- Occupation
- television presenter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Pye Records
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Northampton Town F.C.
- Image
- Des O'Connor, Christchurch NZ (1974) 1.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- date of birth
- 1932-01-12
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-11-14
- name in native language
- Des O'Connor
- Commons category
- Des O'Connor
- ethnic group
- English people
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