The broadcaster and journalist Henry Kelly, who presented TV shows such as Going for Gold and Game for a Laugh, has died aged 78, a statement from his family has said.
Henry Kelly's family said he "died peacefully" on Tuesday "after a period of ill health".
Their statement added: "Henry will be sorely missed by his friends and family, including his partner Karolyn Shindler, their son Alexander, Henry's daughter Siobhan and her mother Marjorie."
Born in Dublin in April 1946, Henry Kelly spent the first seven years of his life in Athlone, Co Westmeath before returning with his family to Dublin.
Kelly began his career at The Irish Times while doing theatre reviews as a student at University College Dublin.
He went on to become the paper's northern editor, based in Belfast in the 1970s.
In 1976, he moved to London and joined the long-running BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The World Tonight as a reporter and presenter.
TV presenting jobs followed from the 1980s, including the entertainment show Game for a Laugh on ITV from 1981.
He went on to host the BBC One game show Going for Gold for 10 seasons from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
The original show saw people from different countries competing against each other for a cash prize through answering questions.
Kelly also appeared on the comedy show Dinnerladies, the morning programme TV-am, and the talk show After Dark.
He was a founding presenter of the UK classical music radio station Classic FM, where he had a daily breakfast programme from 1992 to 2003.
In 1994, he was voted National Broadcaster of the Year at the Sony Radio Awards in the UK.
His later radio career saw him work at the local station BBC Radio Berkshire between 2005 and 2015.
In 2022, Kelly was asked by a Belfast coroner to give evidence at the inquest of the barman John Moran, who was killed in a loyalist bomb attack in 1972.
A hearing, at Belfast Coroner's Court, heard that Kelly's partner had indicated he had no recollection of the incident and was unable to assist.
Last year, the court said it had been unable to conclude the inquest by a deadline.
Kelly also wrote books including the 1970s non-fiction work How Stormont Fell. He co-authored the 1990s collection Classic FM Musical Anecdotes, Notes and Quotes with John Foley.
Source: Press Association
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