Gary Glitter
Musician
You shall hang by the neck . . ....Corless recalls the last Irish executions -- and the most famous hangman of them all Last week, Channel 4 screened The Execution Of Gary Glitter, a provocative fiction which cast the convicted child abuser as the first victim of a... In this article: Charlie Kerins and Fine Gael |
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Starpulse Entertainment News | 5 days ago
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Recap: ' The Table Read'
...and Larry refusing to stop talking about it, it wasn't difficult for his eventual breakout and explanation thereof to seem like a Gary Glitter moment. There's not much funnier than Larry David naively explaining to the doctor that a...
In this article: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Michael Richards, Rash, Seinfeld, Groat, and Jason Alexander
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New Kerala | 7 days ago
Gary Glitter wants to buy home near graves of Moors murder victims
...was repulsed not only by the fact that Glitter was moving into the area, but also by the location he wanted to move in to. "The fact Glitter is trying to move into the area is bad enough, but for him to choose an area notorious for the...
In this article: Myra Hindley, Ian Brady, Best interests, and Daily Express
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Independent.ie | 7 days ago
This was a rant just waiting to happen
...just because of recent headline-grabbing outbursts, has developed into an unmissable Monday night programme. The Execution of Gary Glitter, which was Channel 4's main offering on the same night, aimed to be unmissable, too, but used highly...
In this article: Miranda Sawyer and Colm Toibin
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Detroit News | 7 days ago
Review: Adam Lambert's 'For Your Entertainment' glams it up greatly
...is the kind of "keep pushing on" claptrap every "Idol" album seems to be saddled with, and the album is frontloaded with one too many Gary Glitter clones -- but no one can accuse Lambert of holding back. Credit Team Lambert for pairing him...
In this article: American Idol, Smokey Robinson, Man in Black, Edward Cullen, Anxiety, and If I Had You
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Gary Glitter Threatens To Sue Over TV 'Hanging'
...against his will, and have written to TV bosses demanding it be withdrawn. A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror, 'Glitter complained he hadn't seen an advance copy of the film and it would unfairly raise his profile. There was widespread...
In this article: Britain, Daily Mirror, and Vietnam
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Guardian | November 08, 2009
Why we should not execute Gary Glitter
...from trying to understand criminals than from killing them Channel 4 stages a televisual hanging tonight in The Execution of Gary Glitter. Here, a lawyer who has represented paedophiles explains why it is better to seek understanding.
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Sunday Mirror | November 08, 2009
Glitter may sue over TV 'execution'
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New York Daily News | October 28, 2009
British TV drama will depict hanging of glam rocker Gary Glitter
...head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura, told The Mirror. The network has reportedly informed Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, of the film. Glitter was arrested and jailed in the U.K. in 1999 for downloading kiddie porn. In...
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Gary Glitter gets hanged in new controversial film
London, Oct 28 : Brit rock singer Gary Glitter, who is a convicted sex offender, is hanged in a controversial new film aimed at sparking a new debate on the death penalty. The documentary-style Channel 4 drama, The Execution of Gary...
In this article: Hilton McRae, Vietnam, London, and Britain
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | October 28, 2009
Gary Glitter 'hanged' in television drama
...about a wave of child abuse cases . A Channel spokesman said they have contacted Glitter to inform him of the film, The Execution of Gary Glitter, which will be shown on November 9. Head of documentaries Hamish Mykura told The...
In this article: Reuters, Vung Tau, Cardiff, London, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Thailand
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Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944) is an English glam rock singer and songwriter, as well as convicted sex offender better known by his stage name Gary Glitter.
Glitter first came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s. He had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer in the UK during the 1970s, with a string of chart hits including "Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". Between 1972 and 1995 Glitter charted twenty-six hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Top 100. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the decade. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" being one of the Top 30 Christmas hits of all time. He released seven studio albums, and at least 15 greatest hits collections or live albums. In 1998, his recording of "Rock and Roll" was listed as one of the "Top 1001 songs in music history."
In 1999, Glitter returned to the public eye when he was sentenced to four months imprisonment and listed as a sex offender in the UK following conviction for downloading thousands of items of child pornography. His reputation was greatly tarnished, and, though he continued releasing new music, Glitter's popularity declined sharply. He moved to Cambodia but was permanently deported from there in 2002 for suspected child sexual abuse, to Vung Tau in Vietnam. In 2005, he was arrested by Vietnamese authorities, was tried and convicted of child sexual abuse charges in June. He was released from prison on 19 August 2008 and returned to London three days later, after being refused entry into Thailand and Hong Kong.
- Name At Birth:
- Paul Francis Gadd
- Also Known As:
- "The Leader"
- Paul Raven
- Birth Date:
- May 08, 1944
- Birthplace:
- Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, Musician
- Record Label:
- Attitude, Epic
- Bell Records
- Decca
- EMI
- Arista
- Years Active:
- 1970–1999
- Associated With:
- The Poets, The Glitter Band
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