RIP Sir Patrick Moore: a life in photos

RIP Sir Patrick Moore. You were the BBC TV astronomer with the looks of a Bond villain. You presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for at least 50 years. You were the longest-running host of the same television show in history. You were a star when TV was not on 24-hours a day. We watched when nothing else was on. But you kept us tuned in and you were TV’s most famous xylophone player:

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Astronomer and presenter of 'The Sky At Night' Patrick Moore at the Athenaeum Club in London's Pall Mall to launch his autobiography '80 Not Out', the day after his 80th Birthday.