Tom O’Connor, Comedian and Veteran Game Show Host, Dies at 81

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Tom Daley made headlines after being spotted knitting in the stands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and after revealing that project, his latest creation is now complete.

K.J.

Tom Daley has so many talents.

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EXCLUSIVE: Adam Kaplan, Tom Lennon and Robert Wisdom have joined the cast of Fox’s dance dramedy The Big Leap in recurring roles opposite Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

Tom Dean and Duncan Scott have made history after the pair sealed a one-two win in the men's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games. British Olympian Tom, who caught Covid-19 twice and missed almost two months of preparation, scooped the gold medal with a time of 1:44:22 while fellow Team GB swimmer Duncan earned a silver medal with just four seconds between the pair.

Tom Daley, 27, may be taking a different direction in his career on the back of his success at the Olympics in Tokyo. In the coming months, Tom may have to leave his family behind as he takes part in the UK's most challenging TV show, I'm A Celebrity.

Tom Daley (Pic by Jim Thurston – Flickr: Tom Daley, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Sir Tom Jones has announced a new set of UK tour dates for this year in support of his recent album ‘Surrounded By Time’.The record, which came out back in April, featured covers of songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Bobby Cole.Jones is now set to tour in the UK in December on the ‘Surrounded By Time’ tour, which kicks off in Glasgow at The SSE Hydro on December 5.The tour will then visit Manchester and Birmingham before concluding in London on December 9 with a gig at The O2.

Al Read, a British radio stand-up comic, and the American comedian Bob Newhart, who performed some of Read’s routines. O’Connor also presented the TV entertainment programme Wednesday at Eight (1976), which included the game show Name That Tune, a revival of the 50s series Spot the Tune.

Tom O’Connor, a comedian and television show host for decades in the UK, died Sunday in a hospital in Buckinghamshire at age 81 of complications related to Parkinson’s disease.

Former Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has married his partner Vikki Ager, who he previously admitted attacking during a drunken row.

Tom Hiddleston is loving his new Loki co-star!