Ray Gosling | |
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 Gosling speaking to the Croydon Area Gay Society, 2 December 2008 | |
| Born | Raymond Arthur Gosling 5 May 1939 Northampton, England |
| Died | (aged 74) Nottingham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, broadcaster |
Raymond Arthur Gosling (5 May 1939 – 19 November 2013) was an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and gay rights activist.
He wrote and presented several hundred television and radio documentaries and regional programmes for BBC Radio 4 and Granada Television from the 1960s to 1980s on quirky aspects of life in different British towns and cities. His later documentaries focused on his personal life and his emergence as a gay activist. He was described as "one of the most uniquely talented figures in the history of British broadcasting."[1]
In February 2010, he claimed during a local BBC television programme to have killed a lover in an act of euthanasia. He was briefly arrested,[2] but the claims were false and he was later given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.[3]
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- ^ "BBC's Ray Gosling sentenced for wasting police time". BBC. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.