17 Apr 1946 - 25 Feb 2025 (79 years)

Henry Kelly was an Irish radio and television broadcaster, actor and journalist.

In 1980 Kelly abandoned journalism and chose to pursue another career in television, presenting light entertainment shows. Whilst at university, Kelly had been a friend of the family of Terry Wogan and was drawn to try to emulate Wogan's career path by the professional success that Wogan was experiencing by the late 1970s with the BBC.

In 1981, Kelly secured a co-presenter slot on UK television with the prime-time light entertainment show 'Game for a Laugh'. He remained with the show until 1983. In June 1983, Kelly joined TV-am, and became the host of the Saturday edition of "Good Morning Britain" with Toni Arthur. He was also a regular stand-in presenter on the weekday programme and presented "Summer Sunday" over the years. He left TV-am in 1987, and from 1987 to 1996 he presented 'Going for Gold', a lunchtime television quiz game show broadcast on BBC1 with contestants from across Europe.

In 1992, Kelly was one of the launch presenters of Classic FM.
In September 2003, Kelly took up the Drivetime slot on a London news-and-talk station LBC 97.3. In February 2004 he declared himself bankrupt thirteen years after the Inland Revenue had sued him for the non-payment during the 1980s of income tax and national insurance contributions.