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{{Infobox Person
| name        = Sir Jimmy Savile
| image       = Jimmy Savile PICT6249a.jpg
| image_size  = 150px
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| birth_name  = James Wilson Vincent Savile 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1926|10|31}}
| birth_place = [[Leeds]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]
(contracted; show full)ed the Mecca Locarno ballroom in Leeds around the late 50s and early 60s, prior to becoming a household name. He was the first{{Fact|date=July 2008}} to play popular Rock-n-Roll records during the dance bands' interval for the younger dancers. Mecca also owned the Palais, a dance hall in Ilford, Essex and Jimmy also did a stint as manager there between 1952 and 1953. His Monday evening records-only dance sessions (admission one shilling) were a huge favourite with local teens.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}


==NEXT!==
One of Jimmy's best known catchphrases is "NEXT!", which he says at any possible opportunity. ⏎
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==Television career==
In 1960 he presented [[Tyne Tees Television]]'s music programme ''[[Young at Heart (TV series)|Young at Heart]]''. Although the show was  broadcast in black and white, Savile dyed his hair a different colour every week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixties Pop and Music Television 1960-64 |work=Sixties City |url=http://www.sixtiescity.com/PopTV/PopTV6064.shtm |accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref>

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* He holds an honorary [[Doctor of laws|doctorate of law]] (LLD) from [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]].
* He is an Honorary fellow of the Royal College of Radiology (FRCR).
* He is a [[Knights Hospitaller|Knight of Malta]] and an Esteemed Friend of [[Israel]].
* He is a Freeman, of the [[Scarborough (borough)|Borough of Scarborough]]
* Honorary [[Royal Marine]] Commando
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* In 1992 he said to his mum, who was on her deathbed, "NEXT!"

==Charitable works==
One of the [[United Kingdom]]'s most recognisable personalities, aside from his TV and radio work Jimmy has carried out a considerable amount of charity work, including raising money for the [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]] where he worked for many years as a volunteer porter. For years, he was the honorary president of [[Phab]] and has "helped raise" over £40,000,000.<ref>Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: When Louie met Jimmy BBC documentary, 13th April 2000</(contracted; show full)[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:People from Leeds]]
[[Category:Top of the Pops]]
[[Category:People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:People associated with the University of Leeds]]

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