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Jeremy Beadle
Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle MBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television and radio presenter, writer and producer. From the 1980s to the late 1990s he maintained a constant presence both on British television and radio, hosting various programmes in particular the hidden-camera show Beadle's About and home-movie clip show You've Been Framed!.
Alongside his media work, Beadle wrote and co-authored several books, and contributed greatly to raising funds for several charities, including those supporting disadvantaged children. His charity work was estimated to have raised millions for the causes he helped, and led to him earning an MBE in 2001.
Beadle's health began to decline by his fifties, receiving treatment for kidney cancer and later for leukemia, before dying from pneumonia in 2008 at the age of 59.
Beadle was born in Hackney, east London, on 12 April 1948. His father, a Fleet Street sports reporter, abandoned Jeremy's mother, Marji (9 July 1921 – 4 July 2004), when he learned that she was pregnant. His mother worked as a secretary, including a stint for the boxing promoter Jack Solomons.
Before Jeremy reached age two, he was frequently hospitalised and had undergone surgery for Poland syndrome, a rare disorder that stunted growth in his right hand.
Beadle did not enjoy school and was frequently in trouble. He was eventually expelled from Orpington County Secondary Boys' School. A teacher remarked, "Beadle, you waffle like a champion but know nothing."
After his expulsion, he travelled and worked in Europe. He held many jobs, including photographer of topless models, sky-diving instructor, lavatory attendant, tour guide and briefly as a tour guide at the York dungeons. He often said that he gave the best London tour because he realised that what people wanted was stories of blood, sex and death.
Beadle was chosen in 1970 by Tony Elliott, the founder of Time Out, to set up a Manchester edition of the magazine, a venture that was short-lived, though he subsequently maintained a connection with the publication in London. In 1972, North West Arts Association asked him to organise the Bickershaw Festival, and he worked on further musical events over the next couple of years.
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Jeremy Beadle
Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle MBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television and radio presenter, writer and producer. From the 1980s to the late 1990s he maintained a constant presence both on British television and radio, hosting various programmes in particular the hidden-camera show Beadle's About and home-movie clip show You've Been Framed!.
Alongside his media work, Beadle wrote and co-authored several books, and contributed greatly to raising funds for several charities, including those supporting disadvantaged children. His charity work was estimated to have raised millions for the causes he helped, and led to him earning an MBE in 2001.
Beadle's health began to decline by his fifties, receiving treatment for kidney cancer and later for leukemia, before dying from pneumonia in 2008 at the age of 59.
Beadle was born in Hackney, east London, on 12 April 1948. His father, a Fleet Street sports reporter, abandoned Jeremy's mother, Marji (9 July 1921 – 4 July 2004), when he learned that she was pregnant. His mother worked as a secretary, including a stint for the boxing promoter Jack Solomons.
Before Jeremy reached age two, he was frequently hospitalised and had undergone surgery for Poland syndrome, a rare disorder that stunted growth in his right hand.
Beadle did not enjoy school and was frequently in trouble. He was eventually expelled from Orpington County Secondary Boys' School. A teacher remarked, "Beadle, you waffle like a champion but know nothing."
After his expulsion, he travelled and worked in Europe. He held many jobs, including photographer of topless models, sky-diving instructor, lavatory attendant, tour guide and briefly as a tour guide at the York dungeons. He often said that he gave the best London tour because he realised that what people wanted was stories of blood, sex and death.
Beadle was chosen in 1970 by Tony Elliott, the founder of Time Out, to set up a Manchester edition of the magazine, a venture that was short-lived, though he subsequently maintained a connection with the publication in London. In 1972, North West Arts Association asked him to organise the Bickershaw Festival, and he worked on further musical events over the next couple of years.
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