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Rolf Harris gives up attempt to overturn sexual assault convictions". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 1 December 2014 . Retrieved 1 December 2014. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, 2005. ISBN 0-646-44439-5. Triple M Archive: Rolf Harris Sings 'I Touch Myself' ". Triple M Sydney. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 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] He is survived by his daughter, Bindi Harris, and his wife, Alwen Hughes, who has had Alzheimer’s for many years.

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Rolf Harris challenges indecent assault conviction". BBC News. 1 August 2014 . Retrieved 1 August 2014. a b "Rolf Harris: Serial abuser and ex-entertainer dies aged 93". BBC News. 23 May 2023 . Retrieved 23 May 2023.

Pettersson, Edvard; Silver, Vernon (28 September 2018). "Led Zeppelin to Face Retrial Over 'Stairway' Theft Claims" . Retrieved 28 September 2018. Miller, Barbara (28 June 2014). "Rolf Harris trial: Jurors ask for letters to be sent to employers as trial continues". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 29 June 2014. a b "Rolf Harris facing three further sexual assault charges". BBC News. 23 December 2013 . Retrieved 23 December 2013. Greatest Guitar Solos – October 2006". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008 . Retrieved 18 October 2009.Rolf Harris profile". Rolfharrisentertainer.com. 30 March 1930. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010 . Retrieved 19 April 2013.

In August 2013, Harris was again arrested by Operation Yewtree officers and charged with nine counts of indecent assault dating to the 1980s, involving two girls between 14 and 16 years old, and four counts alleging production of indecent child images in 2012. [98] [105] [106] [107] The Crown Prosecution Service's Alison Saunders explained to the media: Harris returned to Perth in Australia when television was introduced there in 1959 after he was headhunted. He subsequently produced and starred in five episodes of a half-hour weekly children's show, as well as his own weekly evening variety show. [31] From 1959, he worked on TVW-7's first locally produced show, Spotlight, and during this time he recorded "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" on a single microphone placed above him in the television studio. [32]

I arrived in the UK on a boat in 1952 at the age of 22, with nothing but a load of self confidence,” he wrote in his 2001 autobiography, Can You Tell What It Is Yet? In 1986, Harris planted a Cathormion umbellatum tree at Kununurra's celebrity tree park. [168] The plaque recording the planting was stolen in July 2014, a week before the local council voted to keep it. The council, however, felt that ongoing vandalism at the park made it unlikely that the plaque would be replaced. [169] 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 cleared of new child sex charges spanning four decades after second trial". The Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 8 February 2017.

Rolf Harris gives Walker Art Gallery its busiest Saturday on record". Liverpool Daily Post. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013 . Retrieved 24 May 2012. Songs of the Century". Recording Industry Association of America. 7 March 2001. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005 . Retrieved 18 August 2007.

Plant cites the most unusual performance of the song ever as being that performed at Live Aid: "with two drummers ( Phil Collins and Tony Thompson) while Duran Duran cried at the side of the stage – there was something quite surreal about that." [21] Sunset Sound mix [ edit ] Led Zeppelin Win in 'Stairway to Heaven' Trial". RollingStone.com. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018 . Retrieved 15 January 2018. Awards to Artists". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1949. p.16 . Retrieved 20 January 2013. In September 2006, the Royal Australian Mint launched the first of the new 2007 Silver Kangaroo Collector's Coin series and Harris was commissioned to design the first coin of the series. [64] In January 2007, a one-hour documentary titled A Lifetime in Paint, about Harris's work as an artist—from his early years in Australia to the present day—was screened on BBC One. [65] Harris sketches a "Rolfaroo" self-portrait in 2008 Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 58.