let's speak to our arts correspondent david sillito. good to see you, david.ave we had much more information since this news broke? very little, the police say they were called to his property in oxfordshire, which isjust to say they were called to his property in oxfordshire, which is just to the west of london, and they said that an ambulance was called, police were called and they said that he was found at his home and he was dead at his scene. —— the scene. his death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. and of course there will be a postmortem examination to find the cause of death. but so far no more details about what's led to this. but of course, a huge reaction already, a globalfigure... a great star, for more than 30 years, making me feel very old today remembering him asa me feel very old today remembering him as a teenager when he first started with songs like wham rap and clu b started with songs like wham rap and club tropicana. 0ne started with songs like wham rap and club tropicana. one of his good friends and another extraordinar

our arts correspondent david sillitoe is with me. ong with such enormous success. 35 years since he got started aged 16. he was so young when i first remember seeing him as a teenager myself on top of the pops doing wham rap and then after that you have songs like careless whisper and they we i’e songs like careless whisper and they were being written by this young man from north london. from the greek community, a greek cypriots from north london. he was a great, great songwriter. when wham came to an end, many people thought that was going to be it, they've had their moment in the sun and then he went on to sell 100 million albums. there are vei’y on to sell 100 million albums. there are very few artists in that category who started so young, had such a natural ability for writing great pop songs. any of us who've been shopping over the last few days, how many times have we heard last christmas, it's still there all these years later. very sad news. what we know is the police, the ambulance were called to his home, goring on thames

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david sillito looks back at his life and career.en to where i wanted to go, you know, to become a pop star or a rock star. to quo fans, he was easy to spot. he was the man with blond hair and was responsible for some of the greatest riffs in rock ‘n‘ roll. 1972's piledriver was the beginning of a run of a0 hit albums. 57 top a0 singles. no other rock band comes close and it all began here. rick parfitt met francis rossi when he was a teenager. their first single was a bit of 19605 psychedelia. but their passion for something a bit more raw — a hit making rock ‘n‘ roll formula. all our records do sound the same because it is status quo. i am not trying to get out of a corner here. of course it is going to sound like us. who is it meant to sound like? as soon as i had the idea i couldn't think of anyone better to open this. # here we are, here we are, here we go. # here we go, rocking all over the world. and when it came to sex drugs and rock'n‘ roll, rick parfitt did it all. this riff arose after a huge dose of amphetamines. he told

her son said the news had been too much for her to bear, as our correspondent david sillito reports. in the rain, just singin‘ in the rain. singin‘ in the rain, debbie reynolds was just 19. she'd not really danced before this, but this performance made her a star. i was supposed to be an innocent, virginal little girl and certainly i was that. i think it was a tough deal for poor gene to be stuck with me, who had never danced. it would have been far better for him to have a great dancer. but i worked so hard that i think, in the end when i look at that performance of that little girl, i think i did a good job. # all i do is dream of you the whole night through.# 64 years later, her death comes just a day after losing her daughter, carrie fisher. she'd been planning herfuneral when she was taken ill. her son todd said the stress was simply too much. among the tributes, bette midler, who said it was hard to comprehend. damejoan collins said she was truly heartbroken. you could make an album, i could produce it. that mother—and—daughter relationship, meryl streep and shirley maclaine ga

david sillito looks back at his life and career.o go, you know, to become a pop star or a rock star. to quo fans, he was easy to spot. he was the man with blond hair and was responsible for some of the greatest riffs in rock ‘n‘ roll. 1972's piledriver was the beginning of a run of a0 hit albums. 57 top a0 singles. no other rock band comes close and it all began here. rick parfitt met francis rossi when he was a teenager. their first single was a bit of 1960s psychedelia. but their passion for something a bit more raw — a hit making rock ‘n‘ roll formula. all our records do sound the same because it is status quo. i am not trying to get out of a corner here. of course it is going to sound like us. who is it meant to sound like? who would you get to open this thing? as soon as i had the idea i couldn't think of anyone better. # here we are, here we are, here we go. # here we go, rocking all over the world. and when it came to sex, drugs and rock'n‘ roll, rick parfitt did it all. this riff arose after a huge dose of amphetamines. he t

david sillito looks back at her life. # i'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain...lds was just 19. she'd not really danced before this, but this performance made her a star. i was supposed to be an innocent, virginal little girl and certainly, i was that. but i think it was a tough deal for poor gene to be stuck with me, who had never danced. it would have been far better for him to have a great dancer. but i worked so hard that i think, in the end when i look at that performance of that little girl, i think i did a good job. # all i do is dream of you the whole night through.# 64 years later, her death comes just a day after losing her daughter, carrie fisher. she'd been planning herfuneral when she was taken ill. her son todd said the stress was simply too much. among the tributes, bette midler, who said it was hard to comprehend. dame joan collins said she was truly heartbroken. you could make an album, i could produce it. that mother—and—daughter relationship, meryl streep and shirley maclaine gave us a taste of the ups and downs in postcards from the edge. but

david sillito looks back at his life. i've got to where i wanted to go.op star or a rock star. to quo fans, he was easy to spot. he was the bobbing blond head, and he was responsible for some of rock's greatest riffs. 1972's piledriver was the beginning of a run of a0 hit albums. 57 top a0 singles. no other rock band comes close, and it all began at butlins. rick parfitt met francis rossi when they were teenagers. their first single was a bit of 60s psychedelia. but their passion was something a bit more raw, a hit—making rock formula. all our records do sound alike, of course they do, because it's status quo. i'm not trying to get out of a corner here. they are gonna sound like us. who are we supposed to sound like? who would you get to open this thing? as soon as i had the idea, i couldn't think of anyone better. # here we are and here we are and who we go # we're hitting the road # here we go # rocking all over the world... and when it came to sex, drugs and rock ‘n‘ roll, rick parfitt did it all. this riff arose, the consequence of a huge dose of amph

her son said the news had been too much for her to bear as our correspondent david sillito reports. #n... singin‘ in the rain. debbie reynolds was just 19. she‘d not really danced before this, but this performance made her a star. i was supposed to be an innocent, virginal little girl and certainly, i was that. but i think it was a tough deal for poor gene to be stuck with me, who had never danced. it would have been far better for him to have a great dancer. but i worked so hard that i think, in the end when i look at that performance of that little girl, i think i did a good job. # all i do is dream of you the whole night through.# 64 years later, her death comes just a day after losing her daughter, carrie fisher. she‘d been planning herfuneral when she was taken ill. her son todd said the stress was simply too much. among the tributes, bette midler, who said it was hard to comprehend. dame joan collins said she was truly heartbroken. you could make an album, i could produce it. that mother—and—daughter relationship, meryl streep and shirley maclaine gave us a taste of the ups and

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david sillito reports. # i'm singin‘ in the rain, just singin‘ in the rain.bbie reynolds was just 19. she'd not really danced before this but this performance made her a star. it was supposed to be an innocent, virginal little girl and certainly i was that. i think it was a tough deal for poor gene to be stuck with me, who had never danced. it would have been far better for him to have a great dancer. but i worked so hard that i think in the end when i look at that performance of that little girl, i think i did a good job. # all i do is dream of you the whole night through. 64 years later, her death comes just a day after losing her daughter, carrie fisher. she'd been planning herfuneral when she was taken ill. her son todd said the stress was simply too much. among the tributes, bette midler, who said it was hard to comprehend. damejoan collins said she was truly heartbroken. that mother and daughter relationship, meryl streep and shirley maclaine gave us a taste of the ups and downs in postcards from the edge. but it was far from the full story. indeed debb