Wilfred De'Ath (28 July 1937[1][2] – 19 February 2020) was a British author and a journalist. He worked for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s and writes a column in The Oldie.[3] De'Ath was born to a German mother and English father and grew up in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. He studied at the University of Oxford. During the 1990s, De'ath served prison sentences for a theft.[3]
On 11 November 2012, De'ath was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree in an alleged connection with the Jimmy Savile–BBC sex scandal;[4][5][6]
he was later released without charge after the complainant withdrew her statement.[7] De'ath was later told that he would not face any charges, and said that the police action had been "overzealous".[8]
De'ath died on 19 February 2020 at the age of 82.[9]
Howard Malchow (18 February 2011). Special Relations: The Americanization of Britain?. Stanford University Press. p. 115. ISBN978-0-8047-7783-4. Retrieved 4 April 2013. In the summer of 1970 the BBC turned to Wilfred De'Ath to "explain" the countercultural phenomenon in England. De'Ath—whose eclectic interests were those of a freelance opportunist—had no particular connection with the...