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David Hepworth was born on 27 July, 1950 in England, United Kingdom, is a British music journalist. Discover David Hepworth's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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73 years old |
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Leo |
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27 July 1950 |
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27 July |
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England, United Kingdom |
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United Kingdom
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David Hepworth Height, Weight & Measurements
At 73 years old, David Hepworth height not available right now. We will update David Hepworth's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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David Hepworth Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is David Hepworth worth at the age of 73 years old? David Hepworth’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated David Hepworth's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
David Hepworth (born 27 July 1950) is a British music journalist, writer, television presenter, and publishing industry analyst.
He studied Drama and Education at Middlesex Polytechnic, graduating in 1972.
He worked for HMV and Beserkley Records, before becoming a freelance journalist.
Hepworth's career in journalism began with contributions to NME and Sounds.
He joined the newly launched magazine Smash Hits in 1979, and two years later, after turning it around financially, became its editor.
He was instrumental in the foundation of a number of popular magazines in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Along with the journalist, editor and broadcaster Mark Ellen, he turned the pop magazine Smash Hits into one of the most popular UK music magazines of the 1980s.
A presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1980s, he co-presented the BBC broadcast of Live Aid in 1985.
David Hepworth was born in Dewsbury, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, and Trent Park College of Education.
In the 1980s he presented the BBC television music series The Old Grey Whistle Test and was one of the presenters covering the 1985 Live Aid concert from Wembley Stadium.
On both of these he worked with long-term friend Mark Ellen.
Hepworth famously provoked Bob Geldof to repeatedly use the word "fuck" live on air.
Hepworth has written for The Guardian and for the UK trade magazine InPublishing.
In 1983 he launched Just Seventeen, a perennially popular magazine for teenage girls, and in 1984 Looks.
Since then he has launched several other magazines, including Q (1986), More (1987), Empire (1988), Mojo (1993), Heat (1999) and The Word (2003).
He is currently director of the publishing company Development Hell.
In the 1990s he was a regular presenter on BBC GLR 94.9 – the BBC's Rock station for London.
In 2006, Hepworth sold his independent publishing company Development Hell to the EMAP group (today known as Ascential).
He now concentrates on publishing books on music nostalgia, his "David Hepworth's blog", and collaborations with Mark Ellen on Word In Your Ear, a series of podcasts and music-themed live events.
In 2021, Hepworth's book 1971 – Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year was adapted into the Apple TV+ documentary mini-series 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
. In December 2023 Hepworth was a member of the team for Middlesex University which participated in BBC's Christmas University Challenge.
The team beat Corpus Christi College, Oxford, by 175 points to 80, in the final.
