Sir Michael Parkinson CBE was an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist, and author. He presented his television talk show Parkinson from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.
What was Sir Michael Parkinson’s net worth when he died?
Parkinson announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. In 2015 he was given the all-clear from the disease. However, Sadly the disease ends up taking his life. At the time of his death, the broadcaster had an estimated net worth of about $18 million.
Parkinson earned such an amount from his career as a television presenter, broadcaster, journalist, and author. During the 1960s, Parkinson moved into television, working on current affairs programs for the BBC and Manchester-based Granada Television.
Parkinson hosted fifteen episodes of Parkinson One to One for Yorkshire Television, a series of interview programs that continued in the style of his BBC talk show but with each episode dedicated to a single celebrity guest.
