Val Doonican's gentle style made him a popular feature on Saturday night television for more than two decades. He became famous for his sweaters and the rocking chair in which he invariably sat to ...

Val Doonican, an easygoing Irish singer whose warm style and fondness for knitwear made him an icon of light entertainment, has died. He was 88. Doonican’s family said he died last Wednesday at a ...

08:43, Fri, Jul 3, 2015 Updated: 09:06, Fri, Jul 3, 2015 Yet the king of prime-time entertainment was a twinkly-eyed Irishman with a toothy smile and a taste for colourful knitwear. As rock ’n’ roll ...

Val Doonican, an easygoing Irish singer whose warm style and fondness for knitwear made him an icon of light entertainment, has died. He was 88. By Associated Press Val Doonican, an easygoing Irish ...

The Irish singer and TV personality Val Doonican has died at the age 88, it was revealed today. Doonican passed away peacefully at his home in Buckinghamshire yesterday evening his family confirmed in ...

The Irish star became a household name in the 1960s thanks to his TV series, ‘The Val Doonican Show’, and often performed in a rocking chair wearing an Aran jumper, which became his trademark. Born in ...

Val Doonican, an easygoing Irish singer and British TV star whose warm style and fondness for knitwear made him an icon of light entertainment, died July 1 at a nursing home in southern England. He ...

Val Doonican's gentle style made him a popular feature on Saturday night television for more than two decades. He became famous for his sweaters and the rocking chair in which he invariably sat to ...

Val Doonican, the Irish singer, has died at the age of 88, as his daughter says his batteries simply "ran out". The artist, born Michael Valentine Doonican, was loved by fans for a string of hit ...

Val Doonican has died aged 88. The legendary singer and TV entertainer, who was known for his novelty songs, fetching Aran jumpers and rocking chairs, from which he often performed, passed away ...

Waterford-born singer and entertainer Val Doonican has died at the age of 88. Michael Valentine "Val" Doonican was born on 3 February 1927 into a musical family. He was the youngest of eight children.