What is Dale Winton?
'''Dale Jonathan Winton''' (22 May 1955 &ndash; 18 April 2018) was an [[English people|English]] [[television personality]] and [[DJ]]. He began his DJ [[career]] in 1982 by DJing on weekends. He was born in [[London]]. This led him to [[United Biscuits Industrial Radio]] where he did many kinds of [[job]]s before getting his own morning show. After that, he joined [[Radio Trent]] in [[Nottingham]]. He was on a variety of different [[radio station]]s. He was a DJ on [[Radio 2]]. His [[television]] career began in 1987, working for [[Channel Four]], the [[Lifestyle Channel]]. his best known [[television programme]] however was ''[[Dale's Supermarket Sweep]]'' It was [[broadcast]] from 1993 to 2007 on [[ITV]] with a new series in 2010 on [[Sky]]. He also acted in ''Pets Win Prizes'', ''The Great British Song Contest'', ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'', ''Touch The Truck'', ''Dale's Wedding'', ''[[Celebrity Fit Club]]'', ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''In It To Win It'', ''Show Me What You've Got'' and ''[[Hole In The Wall]]'' among other TV programmes. He had 1 [[single (music)|hit single]] to date, his hit was as Dale Winton featuring [[Bar-codes & Alison Brown]]. It reached number 72 in 1994 <ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=7275. Chartstats.com]</ref> Winton was [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]].<ref>[http://nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/274107/dale-winton--i-never-told-my-mum-i-was-gay/1 I never told my mum I was gay]</ref> Winton died suddenly on 18 April 2018 in London at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43818226| title = TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62 | publisher = BBC News | access-date = 18 April 2018 | date = 18 April 2018}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Winton, Dale}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:BBC radio presenters]] [[Category:BBC television presenters]] [[Category:British radio personalities]] [[Category:English LGBT people]] [[Category:E