Sir Michael Parkinson, the veteran broadcaster considered the king of British chat show hosts, has passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness, his family said.
He is estimated to have interviewed more than 2,000 guests.British broadcaster Michael Parkinson, best known for interviewing some of the world's biggest celebrities on his long-running eponymous chat show, has died aged 88, the BBC said on Thursday.
"Michael was the king of the chat show and he defined the format for all the presenters and shows that followed," said BBC Director General Tim Davie. Sir Michael Parkinson , who became affectionately known as 'Parky', estimated he had interviewed more than 2,000 guests in total, with the most high-profile including Muhammad Ali , Elton John, John Lennon and Madonna."He was the greatest interviewer of our age who owned Saturday night TV for year after year," BBC journalist Nick Robinson said in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
As a teenager, his father, a miner, took him down the pit to put him off working there. When his dreams of playing cricket for Yorkshire were dashed, he left school aged 16 and began working at a local paper, later joining the Manchester Guardian and then the Daily Express. "Over the years it has been a privilege to meet some of the most intelligent and interesting people," he said on the final show.Parkinson praises Australian resilience
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