Jimmy savile biography wikipedia

In , a year after his death, he was accused of many counts of child sexual abuse and rape , which he committed from to , and which many BBC employers are thought to have had awareness of for decades and covered up, which kept his sex abuse unknown to the public. This ultimately caused a scandal at the BBC following the allegations in which Savile was posthumously exposed for his crimes, with the police ultimately concluding that he had been a predatory sex offender.

He is thought to have been one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders of the 20th century.

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Savile was born in Leeds the youngest of seven children. He was a devout Roman Catholic. Savile started being a DJ at Radio Luxembourg in He stopped working for them in In he joined BBC Radio 1. In he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Savile was also an honorary life member of the British Gypsy Council and the first non- gypsy to be an honorary life member.

In , he was made a Knight Bachelor for his charity work.