Anthony Howard Wilson

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Anthony Howard Wilson was a British record label owner, television presenter, and cultural impresario best known for co-founding Factory Records and helping shape Manchester’s music scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural impresario
human
music industry executive
record label owner
television presenter
alsoKnownAs Anthony H. Wilson
Tony Wilson
causeOfDeath heart attack
kidney cancer complications
coFounded Factory Records
The Haçienda
coOwnerOf Factory Records
The Haçienda
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1950-02-20
dateOfDeath 2007-08-10
educatedAt De La Salle College, Salford
Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Granada Television
fieldOfWork music industry
popular culture
television broadcasting
genre alternative rock
post-punk
hasChild Isobel Wilson
Oliver Wilson
influenced Madchester
surface form: Madchester scene

UK independent music
knownFor promoting post-punk music
shaping the Manchester music scene
supporting bands like Joy Division and New Order
notableWork 24 Hour Party People
surface form: 24 Hour Party People (book)

Factory Records
So It Goes (TV programme)
surface form: So It Goes (TV series)

The Haçienda
surface form: The Haçienda nightclub

The Other Side of Midnight (TV series)
occupation club owner
journalist
music promoter
radio presenter
record label owner
television presenter
placeOfBirth England
Lancashire
Salford
placeOfDeath England
Manchester
residence Manchester
spouse Lindsay Reade
Yvette Livesey

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Tony Wilson birthName Anthony Howard Wilson