Cliff Richard

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stars  He figures prominently in Brendan O'Carroll's hilarious comic novel, "The Mammy" in which Agnes Browne, the main character, fulfills her life-long dream of "a dance with Cliff Richard on Christmas Eve" at the end of the novel. In the film Agnes Browne (1999) (The Mammy), he was replaced by Tom Jones, who plays himself.

stars  Estimated in 2006 to have sold 250 million albums during his career.

stars  Announced his conversion to Christianity in 1966. He has never married and claims to have observed a celibate lifestyle since then.

stars  He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1980 for his services to music.

stars  Winner of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution in 1989.