Josh Halliday (29 August 2013). "Rolf Harris charged with 13 child sex offences". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 August 2013. National Living Treasures". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013 . Retrieved 2 October 2014. Rolf Harris (30 March 1930 – 10 May 2023) was an Australian musician, television personality, painter, and actor. [1] He often used unusual instruments like the didgeridoo and the Stylophone in his performances, and is credited with the invention of the wobble board. [2] He was convicted in England in 2014 of the sexual assault of four underage girls, which effectively ended his career. [3]

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ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . Retrieved 17 April 2022. He could sing as well as paint, sometimes at the same time. Harris’s successful way with a sentimental ballad was crowned in 1969 with his mawkish single Two Little Boys, which remained at the top of the hit parade for several weeks. In what now seems an inconceivable coup, Harris routed stars of the stature of Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, and kept Kenny Rogers’s song Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town from the No 1 position. Harris indecent assault verdict overturned". BBC News. 16 November 2017 . Retrieved 18 August 2020. Evans, Martin (4 July 2014). "Rolf Harris latest: 'unduly lenient' sentence referred to Attorney General". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 July 2014.

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a b Drape, Julian. "Harris won't be tried over 'teen' porn". GoldCoastBulletin. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 . Retrieved 7 July 2014. Rolf Harris loses first conviction appeal bid". BBC News. 31 October 2014 . Retrieved 2 November 2014. Part of Harris’s appeal was his unfailing enthusiasm and the air of naivety that pervaded his appearances. In 1973 he agreed to tour South Africa with his show, but it was cancelled when Harris discovered he would be playing to all-white audiences. In 1983 Harris agreed to make an appearance at the Hookers’ Charity Ball in Sydney. On arrival Harris was surprised to discover that the event had been organised, not by TJ Hooker, a noted firm of estate agents, but by the local prostitutes’ collective. Highway Christmas Special (1985)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021 . Retrieved 23 May 2023.

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Rolf Harris faces retrial on three sex offence charges". The Independent. 15 February 2017 . Retrieved 15 February 2017. White, Jim (3 February 1993). "Led Zeppelin done with a didgeridoo: A surprised Rolf Harris talks..." The Independent . Retrieved 20 November 2017. Some identified in Harris a preoccupation with the corruption of childhood, an insidious process that he believed stemmed from the American invention of the “teenager” after the Second World War. “Teenage rebellion was imported from America,” he told an interviewer in 1996. Speaking on her TalkTV Drivetime show today, Vanessa showed a chilling picture of her and Rolf on the set of The Big Breakfast.Birth Notice, The West Australian, (Monday, 31 March 1930), p.1". Trove.nla.gov.au . Retrieved 25 May 2012. Harris served his sentence at HM Prison Stafford, which is specifically for men convicted of sex offences. [141] He was released on 19 May 2017, after serving three years of his sentence. [142] Further charges By the 1960s Harris had established himself as one of the popular entertainers of the day. When he arrived in Vancouver in 1966 for a Canadian tour he was greeted on the quayside by a 200-strong Girl Guide choir singing Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport and was feted as the city’s top nightclub entertainer. By 1968 he had also become the favourite performer in Idi Amin’s Uganda. a b "Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris stripped of CBE". BBC. 3 March 2015 . Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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Rolf Harris' 'revolting' song insulting his victims should 'affect his parole' says lawyer". 14 June 2015 . Retrieved 8 February 2017. Rolf Harris: no retrial on sex abuse charges after jury fails to reach verdict". The Guardian. 30 May 2017 . Retrieved 30 May 2017. a b "Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris cleared of three sex offences". Sky News. 8 February 2017 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.Zonneveldt, Mandi (13 June 2008). "Rolf Harris in the ARIA Hall of Fame, sport". Herald Sun . Retrieved 14 June 2008.

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BBC One – Coming Home, Series 2, Rolf Harris". Bbc.co.uk. 9 February 2011 . Retrieved 19 April 2013. From 1994 to 2003, Harris was the host of the reality television programme Animal Hospital, a chronicle of a British veterinary practice. During his time hosting the series, he adopted an abandoned English Bull Terrier from the practice named "Dolly". [55] Harris presented 19 series of Animal Hospital for BBC One and the show won the Most Popular Factual Entertainment Show award at the National TV Awards on five occasions. [56] Harris eventually announced that it was "time to move on" at the completion of the series, which broke "the hearts of thousands of fans across the country", according to the Radio Times. [57] Harris's trial began on 9 January 2017, [145] with him appearing and watching by videolink from Stafford Prison. Harris did not have to attend in person because of his age and poor health. [146] The prosecution started its case on 11 January; the allegations involved unwanted groping. [147] Unlike at the previous trial, Harris did not give any evidence. His defence said that the jury in the first trial "got it wrong" and that the ensuing media frenzy "made him vulnerable to people making accusations against him". [148] On 8 February, Harris was acquitted of three charges. Judge Alistair McCreath discharged the jury from deliberating on the further four counts of which he was accused. [148] Rolf Harris arrested by police investigating sexual abuse allegations". Irish Independent. 19 April 2013 . Retrieved 19 April 2013.

Interview: Rolf Harris – Can you tell what it is yet?". TNT Down Under. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013 . Retrieved 19 April 2013. Rolf Harris and BBC unveil new official portrait of The Queen". BBC press office. 19 December 2005 . Retrieved 3 December 2007. Rolf Harris pleads not guilty to a string of sexual assaults against four girls". The Independent. 15 January 2014.