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Broadcaster and theatre critic Sheridan Morley has died unexpectedly in his sleep, aged 65. Broadcaster and theatre critic Sheridan Morley has died in his sleep, aged 65.
Morley was also an author, journalist, director and actor. He was also an author, director and actor, and was known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Kaleidoscope, plus Radio 2's Arts Programme and Melodies for You.
But he would be most remembered for his love and appreciation for a broad range of the arts, particularly the theatre, said the BBC's Colin Paterson. "He just devoured everything with an insatiable curiosity," said Nicholas Kenyon, controller of the BBC Proms.
After a spell at ITV news in the 1960s he moved into the arts, presenting BBC Radio 4's Kaleidoscope, Radio 2's Arts Programme and later, Melodies for You. Fellow critic Quentin Letts said he was "a little bit unfashionable, which was, in my view, a good thing. He cherished the sentimental and the traditional".
Mr Letts affectionately described Morley as "an Uncle Bulgaria figure" around the theatres of London's West End, as he was "quite hairy and burly and, in later years, soft-spoken".
He would devour whatever was going on Nicholas Kenyon, Controller, BBC Proms Morley's 'insatiable curiosity'
"I'm very sad that he's gone," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "I'm not sure that I could say that for all my theatre critic colleagues."
Morley would be most remembered for his love and appreciation for a broad range of the arts, particularly the theatre, according to the BBC's entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson.
"He had incredible enthusiasm and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the performing arts," said our correspondent."He had incredible enthusiasm and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the performing arts," said our correspondent.
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Although his early attempts at acting failed to impress his actor father Robert Morley, he turned to it again in later life, appearing in the BBC series Judge John Deed.
Morley - grandson of actress Dame Gladys Cooper - was born in Ascot, Berkshire.Morley - grandson of actress Dame Gladys Cooper - was born in Ascot, Berkshire.
He was educated at Sizewell Hall, Suffolk and Merton College, Oxford.He was educated at Sizewell Hall, Suffolk and Merton College, Oxford.
Early in his career, as a ITV newsreader, he announced the assassination in 1963 of US President John F Kennedy. Early in his career, as an ITV newsreader, he announced the assassination in 1963 of US President John F Kennedy.
He presented Late Night Line-Up on BBC 2 from 1967 to 1975 and also during that time presented Film Night every week alongside several other BBC2 arts specials. He presented Late Night Line-Up on BBC Two from 1967 to 1975. During that time, he also hosted Film Night every week, as well as several other BBC Two arts specials.
He would devour whatever was going on Nicholas Kenyon, Controller, BBC Proms He hosted more than 1,000 editions of BBC Radio 2's Arts ProgrammeHe joined The Times as assistant editor before becoming drama critic and arts editor of Punch in 1975, and went on to be the theatre critic for numerous newspapers and magazines.
He joined The Times as assistant editor before becoming drama critic and arts editor of Punch in 1975, and went on to become the theatre critic for numerous newspapers and magazines.
His many publications include A Talent To Amuse - The Life of Noel Coward, The Stephen Sondheim Songbook, The Noel Coward Diaries, Tales from The Hollywood Raj, The Theatregoers Quiz Book and The Great Stage Stars.His many publications include A Talent To Amuse - The Life of Noel Coward, The Stephen Sondheim Songbook, The Noel Coward Diaries, Tales from The Hollywood Raj, The Theatregoers Quiz Book and The Great Stage Stars.
He also wrote biographies of Dirk Bogarde, Gene Kelly, Sir John Gielgud and his own memoirs Asking For Trouble. He also wrote biographies of Dirk Bogarde, Gene Kelly, Sir John Gielgud and his own memoirs, Asking For Trouble.
His varied career also included writing his own musicals which included Noel and Gertie and Spread A Little Happiness. His varied career also included writing his own musicals, which included Noel and Gertie and Spread A Little Happiness.
Controller of BBC Proms and Live Events Nicholas Kenyon said Morley - who presented more than 1,000 editions of the Arts Programme - was "interested in everything". And although his early attempts at acting failed to impress his actor father Robert Morley, he turned to it again in later life, appearing in the BBC series Judge John Deed.
Morley presented more than 1,000 editions of Radio 2's Arts Programme, and Mr Kenyon said he was "interested in everything".
"That was the extraordinary voracious sense with which every week on that programme he would devour whatever was going on.""That was the extraordinary voracious sense with which every week on that programme he would devour whatever was going on."