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He was awarded the OBE in 1971 and was knighted in 1990.
In October 2014, almost a year after his death, an ITV documentary examined claims of sexual abuse by Savile[11] and led to extensive media coverage and a substantial and rapidly growing body of YEOHYURQPwitness statements and sexual abuse claims, including accusations against public bodies for covering up or failure of duty. Scotland Yard launched a criminal investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by Savile spanning six decades,
