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Stuart Henry (24 February 1942 – 24 November 1995) was a Scottish
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on
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station
Radio Scotland Radio Scotland was an offshore pirate radio station broadcasting on 1241 kHz mediumwave (242 metres), created by Tommy Shields in 1965. The station was on the former lightship L.V. ''Comet'', which had been fitted out as a radio station in ...
from January 1966 to September 1967. He then worked at
BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
from its start in 1967. Between 1967 and 1969 he was one of the regular presenters of BBC's ''
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''. He left the
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in 1974 to join
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.


Biography


Early life and acting career

Born in Edinburgh Henry attended
Stewart's Melville College Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is an independent day and boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year. It has a roll of about 750 pupils. The school is twinned w ...
in the city after which he trained at
Glasgow College of Dramatic Art The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...
. His early career started as an actor for six years having had appearances in ''
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'' and ''
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'', and films such as the 1970 musical '' Toomorrow'' in which he played the part of the compere.


Pirate DJ work, Radio 1 and Radio Luxembourg

On 1 January, 1966 he started in radio and became a pirate DJ with Radio Scotland although suffered from seasickness on the ship, named ''The Comet'', and so was delighted to accept a new job, just over a year later, with the new BBC station Radio 1. On his shows, whilst working on Radio 1, he enabled the broadcaster to find missing young people and called it ''She's Leaving Home'' using the tune recorded by
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called
She's Leaving Home "She's Leaving Home" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and released on their 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon ...
, a track from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He would encourage young people to contact the station by telephone enabling their parents to be aware that they were safe and well. He also presented a programme on the station called ''Midday Spin'' and a successful Saturday morning show called ''Noise at Nine''. The opening theme music to his Radio 1 shows was
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a 1967 track recorded by the
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. At the peak of his career with the station, in the early seventies, his show attracted audiences regularly of more than 11 million. In later years with Radio 1 he began to slur his speech, caused by his condition with multiple scelrosis and he was eventually sacked in 1974 after which he then went to work with
Radio Luxembourg Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg. It is known in most non-English languages as RTL (for Radio Television Luxembourg). The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earlies ...
in 1975. His speech deteriorated further until his wife, Ollie, assisted with his presentations and newsreading. His show became known as ''The Stu and Ollie Show''. He remained at Radio Luxembourg for 12 years until 1987.


Personal life and death

Henry married Ollie (1943-2020), a former model, in 1976. He suffered for many years with multiple sclerosis, the illness accounting for his later distinctive rather halting speech delivery. Ollie dedicated the remaining years of their married life to providing round-the-clock care for Henry. Henry died on 24 November 1995. On 2 December 2004 he was posthumously inducted into the
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Hall of Fame, honouring his outstanding contribution to UK radio. His wife Ollie died in Wales on 12th August 2020 aged 77.


Filmography


References


External links


Radio Academy biography of Stuart Henry




{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Stuart 1942 births 1995 deaths Entertainers from Edinburgh British radio DJs Pirate radio personalities Offshore radio broadcasters People educated at Stewart's Melville College Radio Luxembourg (English) presenters 20th-century British musicians BBC Radio 1 presenters Top of the Pops presenters