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CodeDS/UK/15141
NameSavile; Jimmy (1926-2011); English DJ, television presenter, media personality, charity fundraiser
Variations of NameJames Wilson Vincent Savile
Dates1926-2011
GenderMale (cisgender)
BiographySir James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile, OBE, KCSG (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television presenter, media personality and charity fundraiser. He hosted the BBC television show Jim'll Fix It, was the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops, and raised an estimated £40 million for charities. After his death, hundreds of allegations of child sex abuse and rape finally emerged, leading the police to believe that Savile was a predatory sex offender, and may have been one of Britain's most prolific sexual offenders.

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