What is Terry Wogan?
{{Infobox person | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|DL}} | honorific_prefix = [[Sir]] | name = M. Terry Wogan | image = File:Terry Wogan at Cheltenham Literature Festival.jpg | caption = Wogan at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]] in 2015 | birth_name = Michael Terence Wogan | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|8|3}} | birth_place = [[Limerick]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|01|31|1938|8|3}} | death_place = [[Taplow]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England | years_active = 1956–2015 | employer = [[BBC]] | nationality = | citizenship = [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]] | known_for = '''Television presenting:'''{{plainlist|*''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''<br><small>(1971–2008)</small> *''[[Blankety Blank]]'' <small>(1979–1983)</small> *''[[Children in Need]]'' <small>(1980–2014, with a small appearance in 2015)</small> *''[[Wogan]]'' <small>(1982–1992)</small> *''[[Points of View (TV series)|Points of View]]'' <small>(1999–2007)</small> *''[[Wogan's Perfect Recall]]''<br><small>(2008–2010)</small>}} '''Radio presenting:'''{{plainlist| *''The Terry Wogan Show'' <small>(1972–1984)</small> *''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'' <small>(1993–2009)</small> *''[[Weekend Wogan]]'' <small>(2010–2015)</small>}} | spouse = Helen Joyce (m.1965-2016, his death) | children = 4 | website = {{website|terrywogan.com}} |module = <center>{{Listen|embed=yes|filename=Terry Wogan BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 01 Jan 2012 b018w7rj.flac|title=<center>Terry Wogan's voice</center>|type=speech|description=<center>[[:File:Terry Wogan BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 01 Jan 2012 b018w7rj.flac|Recorded January 2012]] from the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''</center>}}</center> }} '''Sir Michael Terence Wogan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|DL}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|oʊ|g|ən}}; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as '''Terry Wogan''', was a veteran [[Irish people|Irish]]-[[British people|British]] radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the [[BBC|Briti