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Cliff Michelmore
1919Dec, 11

Cliff Michelmore

Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (d. 2016)
Arthur Clifford Michelmore (11 December 1919 – 16 March 2016) was an English television presenter and producer.

He is best known for the BBC television programme Tonight, which he presented from 1957 to 1965. He also hosted the BBC's television coverage of the Apollo moon landings, the Aberfan disaster, the 1966 and 1970 UK general elections, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1969.

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