Sir Terry Wogan dies after short illness

Sir Terry Wogan has died his family said today.

He had been battling cancer and was 77.

Sir Terry who presented a weekly show on Radio 2, had a presenting career spanning more than 50 years, from his chatshow Wogan on BBC1 to the Eurovision Song Contest and Blankety Blank.

In 1969, he began a daily show on Radio 1 and 2, taking over the morning show on Radio 2 three years later.

He presented this until 1984, shortly before starting his thrice-weekly chatshow Wogan on BBC1, which ran for the next seven years.

He returned to Radio 2 in 1993 as host of Wake Up to Wogan and presented the show until December 2009.