What is Wilfred De'ath?
'''Wilfred De'Ath''' (28 July 1937<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/20/wilfred-death-former-bbc-producer-oldie-column-chronicled-scurrilous/ | title=Wilfred De'Ath, former BBC producer who in his Oldie column chronicled his scurrilous adventures thieving and sleeping rough – obituary | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=20 February 2020 | last1=Obituaries | first1=Telegraph }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/rip-wilfred-death-1937-2020 | title=RIP Wilfred De'Ath (1937-2020) }}</ref> &ndash; 19 February 2020) was a [[British people|British]] author and a journalist. He worked for the [[BBC]] in the 1960s and 1970s and writes a column in ''[[The Oldie]]''.<ref name=standard>{{cite news|first=Ginny |last=Dougary |title=I've led a VERY wicked life: Wilfred de'Ath, BBC producer, thief and vagrant on going from riches to rags |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=4 April 2013 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/ive-led-a-very-wicked-life-wilfred-death-bbc-producer-thief-and-vagrant-on-going-from-riches-to-rags-8558009.html}}</ref> De'Ath was born to a [[Germans|German]] mother and [[English people|English]] father and grew up in [[Elstree]], [[Hertfordshire]], England. He studied at the [[University of Oxford]]. During the 1990s, De'ath served prison sentences for a theft.<ref name=standard/> On 11 November 2012, De'ath was arrested as part of [[Operation Yewtree]] in an alleged connection with the [[Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal|Jimmy Savile–BBC sex scandal]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9670035/Jimmy-Savile-police-arrest-third-man-over-historic-sex-abuse-allegations.html |title=Jimmy Savile: police arrest third man over historic sex abuse allegations |publisher= Telegraph |date=11 November 2012 |access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9670403/I-know-how-Lord-McAlpine-feels-says-ex-BBC-pr