1. Ray Cordeiro was known for hosting All the Way with Ray on RTHK Radio 3 from 1970 to 2021, which was the longest-running radio programme in Hong Kong.
18 Facts About Ray Cordeiro
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Ray Cordeiro was named "The World's Most Durable DJ" in 2000 by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Ray Cordeiro's father was born in Hong Kong while his mother immigrated from Macau to Hong Kong in the early 20th century.
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Ray Cordeiro's father abandoned the family when Cordeiro was six, leaving his mother to take on extra work to raise the family, which lived in poverty.
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Ray Cordeiro went to St Francis' Canossian School as a child.
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Ray Cordeiro recalled being mocked for his stuttering, which he eventually overcame with the help of his mother.
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Ray Cordeiro attended St Joseph's College shortly before World War II.
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In 1943, Ray Cordeiro joined the rest of the family living at a refugee camp in Macau.
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Ray Cordeiro befriended a young prisoner, but left the job after he refused to help the prisoner escape.
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Ray Cordeiro eventually became a DJ and hosted a programme called Progressive Jazz.
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Ray Cordeiro joined Radio Television Hong Kong in 1960 as a light music producer.
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Ray Cordeiro had cameoed in various Hong Kong films in the 1970s and 80s.
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Ray Cordeiro was recognised by Elvis Presley Enterprises for his lifelong contribution to Presley.
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Ray Cordeiro was voted top DJ in Hong Kong for four consecutive years.
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Ray Cordeiro was awarded an MBE in 1987 by Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace.
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Ray Cordeiro received an honorary fellowship from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in 2012 and an honorary doctorate of Social Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022.
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On 15 May 2021, Ray Cordeiro retired at the age of 96 after hosting his final radio show, which had been running on public broadcaster RTHK since 1970.
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Ray Cordeiro died at the CUHK Medical Centre in Hong Kong on 13 January 2023, aged 98.