| First Name |
Derek
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| Last Name |
Jameson
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| Full Name at Birth |
Derek Jameson
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| Alternative Name |
Jameson Tonight
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| Birthday |
29th November, 1929
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| Birthplace |
London Borough of Hackney, England
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| Died |
12th September, 2012
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| Place of Death |
Worthing, Sussex, England
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| Cause of Death |
Heart Attack
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Light
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Distinctive Feature |
Jameson leaves Ellen, his third wife, and four grown-up children..., Famous catchphrase was "Morning, morning, Jameson here"..., The Guild of Toastmasters named him "Least boring speaker in Britain"..., He was known for his distinctive gravelly voice..., The British satirical magazine "Private Eye" invariably referred to him by the unflattering nickname of "Sid Yobbo"..., Generally thought, in media circles, that Jameson exaggerated his working-class origins and cockney accent to make himself seem an ordinary, affable every-man type rather than the highly sophisticated, influential and ruthless media manipulator they claimed he actually was..., He was born in poverty in London's East End where, without parents, he grew up in care, but Jameson began work in Fleet Street as a messenger boy at the age of 14 and rose through the ranks to edit some of Britain's biggest newspapers..., He developed a reputation as a man who could build [a newspaper's] circulation..., In 1984, he lost libel action against the BBC after Radio 4 called him "an East End boy made bad"..., However, it was the BBC, recognising his gifts as a communicator, which turned him into a celebrity with television series such as Do They Mean Us? and his popular breakfast show on Radio 2..., Producer Gary Bones, who worked on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Jameson in the early 1990s, said: "Derek was not only a unique broadcaster and Fleet Street legend but also a really nice, kind and generous man who always knew exactly how to tap into the mood of the nation at the time..., As a teenager he was a wartime evacuee to Hertfordshire, England...
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Journalist, newspaper editor, broadcaster, talk-show host, and after dinner speaker
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| Occupation |
Journalist
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| Claim to Fame |
editor of three UK national tabloids
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Print Journalism, Print Managing Editor, Print Editor, TV Talk Show Host, Radio Presenter, Autobiography
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| Year(s) Active |
1977-1980 (editor: of The Daily Express), 1980-1980 (editor: of the Daily Star), 1981-1984 (editor: of the News of the World), 1986-1991 (radio presenter: BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show), ????-???? (managing editor: of the Daily Mirror), 1943-???? (messenger boy: for Fleet Street newspapers), 1990-1900 (talk-show host: 'Jamesson Tonight' on BSkyB)
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| Record Label |
BSkyB (tv broadcaster), The Daily Express, The Daily Star, The News of the World, BBC Radio 2, The Daily Mirror
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| Favorite Songs |
Without You, Harry Nilsson, The Bohemian Girl: I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls, Michael Balfe, Tipperary, The Red Army Ensemble: Moscow Military District, The Third Man Theme, Anton Karas, E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca), Giacomo Puccini, Help!, The Beatles, Land of Hope and Glory, Edward Elgar, Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème), Giacomo Puccini
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| Favorite Books |
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
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| Favorite Accessories |
Word processor
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Derek Jameson (29 November 1929 – 12 September 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and broadcaster. Beginning his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters, he worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, he was a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 for nearly a decade and a half, including an on-air partnership with his third wife Ellen. He was described, when his profile was at its highest, as "the second most famous man in Britain - after Prince Charles" by Auberon Waugh.
