Rolf Harris dead: Disgraced star dies aged 93 after battle with neck cancer
As of October last year, the former singer and artist was receiving round-the-clock care for neck cancer. He could reportedly no longer talk due to his condition and had to be fed through a tube.
The disgraced entertainer and convicted sex offender's death was confirmed by a registrar at Maidenhead Town Hall to the PA news agency. He'd appeared on some of the biggest shows on TV, fronting BBC programmes including Animal Hospital and Rolf’s Cartoon Club. As a result the entertainer, who was born to Welsh parents in Australia, soon became a national treasure, loved and trusted by millions.
But all that came to an abrupt end in 2014, when his vile crimes were brought to light. The former star was arrested on historical sexual abuse allegations. Following an eight-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison in June 2014. He was convicted of 12 indecent assaults on four teenage girls between 1968 and 1986, although one of those was later overturned.
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