'A proper British eccentric': 尊敬の印s 注ぐ in as DJ, TV presenter and charity マラソン 走者 extraordinaire Sir Jimmy Savile dies

By Sarah Bull
Updated: 09:07 BST, 31 October 2011

• Fellow DJ Dave 物陰／風下 Travis 支払う／賃金s 尊敬の印 to Savile, 'a p owerful presence'
• 'No 怪しげな circumstances surrounding death' say police
  

Sir Jimmy Savile has died at his home 老年の 84.

The former presenter, most famous for his show Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする It, passed away at his home in Roundhay, 物陰／風下d just two days before his 85th birthday.

Tonight, 尊敬の印s for the 退役軍人 presenter 注ぐd in from the world of show 商売／仕事, with actor Ricky Gervais tweeting: 'RIP Jimmy Saville My first guest on my first TV Show A proper British eccentric.'

BBC 無線で通信する presenter Nicky Campbell tweeted: 'SirJimmy Savile-a man so unique,a character so 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の, a personality so fascinating yet impenetrable. You could not have made him up.'

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悲劇: Jimmy Savile has died at his home 老年の 84

無線で通信する presenter David Hamilton said that Sir Jimmy, who was knighted for his services to charity, worked 'tirelessly' to raise 基金s for さまざまな 原因（となる）s.

'He was a very energetic character,' Mr Hamilton told Sky News.

'But most of all, I remember him as just a 全く flamboyant, over the 最高の，を越す, larger than life character and as he was on the 空気／公表する, he was just the same off.'

Sir Jimmy's fellow DJ, Dave 物陰／風下 Travis, told Sky News: 'For some unknown 推論する／理由, with Jim, you couldn't 心配する that he wasn't going to be around anymore - he was such a powerful presence.

'He was one of the first DJs that 現実に became a personality.'

The 見習い工's Lord Sugar wrote: 'Sad news on the death of Jimmy Savile very funny man and did 負担s of work for charity RIP.'

Passing: A police officer stands outside the home of Sir Jimmy, に引き続いて the news that the 退役軍人 DJ has died

Home: The 封鎖する of flats in Roundhay, 物陰／風下d, where Sir Jimmy was 設立する dead

無線で通信する presenter Paul Burnett told Sky News that Sir Jimmy's charity work was a 'two way street', 追加するing: 'He didn't have a family as such and so when he took on a charity, that became his family.

'He did a lot of work as a porter in the hospital that he collected money for. He would go there at night and work as a porter and I think he loved the people that he worked with, it wasn't just for the publicity, but he knew the charities were doing 井戸／弁護士席 out of it 同様に.

'He was 有能な of 行為／法令／行動するs of 広大な／多数の／重要な 親切. You didn't really ever get to know "the man" because he was a showman, and like so many showmen that's - that's their main thing in life and he did it brilliantly.'

Classical singer Katherine Jenkins tweeted: 'Sad news Jimmy Saville has passed away.My sis & I always 手配中の，お尋ね者 a Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする it Badge/メダル. Loved that show.広大な／多数の／重要な memories #RIPJimmySaville.'

The 原因（となる） of death is not yet known but tonight two of Sir Jimmy's 甥s 確認するd that he died 平和的に in his sleep last night.

Roger Foster and Ian McKenna paid 尊敬の印 to Sir Jimmy outside his flat. Mr Foster said: 'It is with 深い sadness that I can tell you that our uncle Sir Jimmy Savile passed away 静かに in his sleep during the night.

'Jimmy was a wonderful man, his public 直面する is 井戸／弁護士席-known but we knew him as much more than an uncle, he was a very good frien d.

'Jimmy will be sadly 行方不明になるd by very many people. We would like to thank the people who have already 申し込む／申し出d their 弔慰s.'

A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: 'Police were called at 12.10pm today to the 発見 of a man's 団体／死体 at a house in Roundhay, 物陰／風下d.

'The 団体／死体 of a man in his 80s was 設立する at the 所有物／資産／財産. There are no 怪しげな circumstances surrounding the death.'

Sir Jimmy was born in 物陰／風下d on Halloween in 1926, the seventh child (‘I was the “not again!” child’) of Vincent, a bookmaker’s clerk, and Agnes, the woman he always called the Duchess.

TV legend: Savile with one of his famous Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする It メダルs

Me and the Duchess: Savile and his mother at Buckingham Palace in 1972 where he received his OBE

He almost died from 肺炎 when just five months old but miraculously 回復するd after his mother went out to the 地元の church to pray to a 死んだ Scottish 修道女.

He again 辛うじて escaped death as a 十代の少年少女 in his first 職業 when working as a 鉱夫.

An 地下組織の 爆発 brought 負かす／撃墜する the coal 直面する on his 支援する 損失ing his spine to such an extent that he was told he would never walk again. But he 証明するd the doctors wrong when he threw his sticks away just three years later.

He raised staggering 量s for charity - his accountant lost 跡をつける after £40million - much of it for 患者s with spinal 傷害s.

Sir Jimmy （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to have 始める，決める up the world's first disco in 物陰／風下d in 1948.

His work in the dance-halls was 結局 spotted and he was asked to move on to 無線で通信する where he 速く acquired 国家の fame, first with 無線で通信する Luxembourg and then with BBC 無線で通信する 1.

He later competed as a 半分-professional sportsman, taking part in the 1951 小旅行する of Britain cycle race and a professional レスラー. He fought 107 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s, lost 100 and won just seven, 主張するing it was never 直す／買収する，八百長をするd.

From the beginning: Savile 現在のd 最高の，を越す Of The Pops for 42 years, from the very first show 支援する in 1964

CELEBRITIES PAY TRIBUTE TO SIR JIMMY SAVILE

Ricky Gervais: 'RIP Jimmy Saville My first guest on my first TV Show A proper British eccentric.'

無線で通信する presenter Nicky Campbell: 'Sir Jimmy Savile - a man so unique,a character so 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の, a personality so fascinating yet impenetrable. You could not have made him up.'

DJ Tony Blackburn: 'He was a one-off - that's the way he'll be remembered, really - but in particular all that money he raised for charity.'

Stu art Hall, 放送者: 'He had lots of imitators, the one and only Jimmy Savile.'

無線で通信する presenter David Hamilton: 'I remember him as just a 全く flamboyant, over the 最高の，を越す, larger than life character and as he was on the 空気／公表する, he was just the same off.'

Lord Alan Sugar: Sad news on the death of Jimmy Savile very funny man and did 負担s of work for charity RIP.'

Katherine Jenkins: 'Sad news Jimmy Saville has passed away.My sis & I always 手配中の，お尋ね者 a Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする it Badge/メダル. Loved that show.広大な／多数の／重要な memories #RIPJimmySaville.'

Carol Vorderman: 'RIP Jimmy Saville .... 物陰／風下d has lost a much loved son ... and we have lost a ray of 日光 .... #happymemories x

Talking about his 冒険的な past, Sir Jimmy once said: 'If you look at the 運動競技のs of it, I've done over 300 professional bike races, 212 マラソンs and 107 プロの／賛成の fights.

'No レスラー 手配中の，お尋ね者 to go 支援する home and say a long-haired レコード (v)策を弄する／(n)騎手 had put him 負かす／撃墜する. So from start to finish I got a good hiding. I've broken every bone in my 団体／死体. I loved it.'

In 1964, Sir Jimmy 現在のd the very first 版 of 最高の，を越す Of The Pops from a television studio in Manchester. He was then 招待するd to 現在の the last episode of the BBC show in 2006.

In the 1970s he started a 20-year run as host of Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする It, working 奇蹟s for more than 1,500 children.

の中で the more famous 直す／買収する，八百長をする-its was the time when he arranged for an unknown 11-year-old called Nigel Kennedy to p erform on television. Kennedy then went on to become one of the world's most celebrated violinists.

During his time in the television and 無線で通信する 産業s, Sir Jimmy became famous for catchphrases 含むing 'How's about that, then?', 'Now then, now then, now then', 'Goodness gracious', and 'Guys and gals'.

Sir Jimmy was known for his 独特の 外見, which 含むd a tracksuit or 爆撃する 控訴 and gold jewellery, and was frequently spoofed by comedians 含むing マイク Yarwood.

Sir Jimmy's 収入s were 相当な and he owned at least eight homes, 含むing flats in Regent's Park, Bournemouth, 物陰／風下d and Scarborough. の中で his six cars were a Bentley Turbo, a Mercedes 500 SL and a flashy Rolls-Royce.

Famous friends: Savile, seen here with Prince Charles and Frank Bruno in 1998, was a の近くに friend of many 王室の family members

Reality 星／主役にする: Savile went into the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2006 to 直す／買収する，八百長をする dreams for some of the famous housemates

For your services: Sir Jimmy was knighted in 1990

He was a paid 顧問 to travel スパイ／執行官 Thomas Cook and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d a 最小限 of £10,000 for personal 外見s.

He became a 正規の／正選手 訪問者 to Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, and Highgrove and was used as an intermediary in an 試みる／企てる to 解決する the differences between the Prince and Princess of むちの跡s の直前に their 分裂（する）.

Asked why he was 招待するd so often by the 王室の family, he once said: '王族 are surrounded by people who don't know how to を取り引きする it. I have a freshness of approach which they 明白に find to their liking. I think I get 招待するd because I have a natural good fun way of going on and we have a laugh. They don't get too many laughs.'

Satirist Chris Morris 的d him in 1994 by 発表するing on 無線で通信する 1 that the presenter had died and broadcasting his obituary. 合法的な 活動／戦闘 was 脅すd and 陳謝 問題／発行するd.

And Louis Theroux 調査（する）d his 明らかに 半端物 lifestyle for his Weird 週末s series, staying with the presenter for his When Louis Met Jimmy programme.

During the 文書の, Theroux visited his suede-塀で囲むd flat in Scarborough which was a 神社 to the former DJ's late mother, with her old bedroom perfectly 保存するd.

News of Sir Jimmy's death also 誘発するd 尊敬の印s from the world of politics.

Culture 長官 Jeremy 追跡（する） said: 'Sir Jimmy Savile was one of broadcasting's most unique and colourful characters. From 最高の，を越す Of The Pops, to making children's dreams come true on Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする It, a 世代 of people will remember his catchphrases and sense of fun.

'But his 継続している 遺産／遺物 will be the millions he raised for charity, tirelessly giving up his time and energy to help those 原因（となる）s he was 熱烈な about.'

And former 副 労働 leader Lord Prescott tweeted: "Sad to hear of Jimmy Savile's death. Tireless fundraiser and a real character. £nowthennowthen."

A 記念の and 調書をとる／予約する of 弔慰 to Sir Jimmy has been 始める，決める up in Savile's Hall, opposite the 王室の Armouries Museum in 物陰／風下d.

The foyer of the hall will also feature a life-size poster of Sir Jimmy in his trademark Jim'll 直す／買収する，八百長をする It 議長，司会を務める, which was bought by the hall off Ebay three years ago.

James Vincent, managing director of 王室の Armouries International, said: 'Sir Ji mmy was a 広大な／多数の／重要な friend and a 運動ing 軍隊 for us and we want to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to the man.

'He was a legend, an 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の larger than life character.

'We 株 the grief of his passing and hope his loyal 地元の fans will 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる this as a fitting place in which to honour his memory and lay any flowers or mementoes.'