Iconic British broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at 88yo after what his family says was a short illness. The son of a miner from Yorkshire with a talent for cricket, he was steered towards a white-collar career and found he had a knack for writing. After working for newspapers, he made his way into TV, ultimately helming a wildly successful self-titled chat show for about 30 years. It was a genre he famously said was “an unnatural act between consenting adults in public”… ‘Parky’ became a household name with his disarming chats with the world’s most famous politicians, actors and sports stars. He once said his favourite was with boxer Muhammad Ali. The BBC’s boss Tim Davie said he was “truly one of a kind, an incredible broadcaster and journalist who will be hugely missed”. And raconteur Stephen Fry said being interviewed by him was “impossibly thrilling” and “he was always 100% himself. On camera and off.”