Muir, Frank, 1920-1998

LC control no.	n 50013037
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR6063.U317
Personal name heading	Muir, Frank, 1920-1998 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1920-02-05
Death date	1998-01-02
Place of birth	Ramsgate, England
Place of death	London, England
Affiliation	British Broadcasting Corporation London Weekend Television, Ltd.
Profession or occupation	Radio personality Television personality Radio comedy writer Television comedy writer
Found in	His Comedy in television, 1966. Washington post, 12 Jan. 1998: p. C 6 (deaths: Frank Muir, 77, British broadcast executive and personality, d. Jan. 2 in London; programs "My Word!" and "My Music" have run on U.S. radio stations) Oxford DNB WWW site, Jan. 7, 2013 (Muir, Frank Herbert; b. Feb. 5, 1920, Ramsgate, Kent; d. Jan. 2, 1998; writer and broadcaster) Wikipedia, 04-24-2014: (Frank Herbert Muir; b. 5 February 1920 in Kent; d. 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur; his writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers; together they wrote BBC radio's Take It From Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes My Word! and My Music for another 35; Muir became Assistant Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC in the 1960s, and was then London Weekend Television's founding Head of Entertainment; his many writing credits include editorship of The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose; his only adult fictional work,Walpole orange, published in 1993)
Associated language	eng