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'''Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MBE|SBS}} {{Lang-zh|c=|s=|t=郭利民|order=ts}},<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/0/20180223/648231/|title=Executive日記——長壽DJ停播疑雲 Uncle Ray動人舊歌|work=頭條日報 Headline Daily|access-date=1 June 2018|language=zh-HK}}</ref> (12 December 1924 - 13 January 2023),<ref name=rthk_20230113_i/><ref name=rthk_20230113_ii>{{cite news|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1683870-20230114.htm|work=RTHK News}}</ref> known professionally as '''Uncle Ray''', is a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and actor at [[RTHK Radio 3]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1006141/record|title=For the record|date=8 July 2012|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> He was named "The World's Most Durable DJ" in 2000 by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2123885/bittersweet-93rd-birthday-veteran-hong-kong-dj-uncle-ray-he|title=Bittersweet 93rd birthday for DJ ‘Uncle Ray’ as he mourns Mona Fong|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=22 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> He is of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] descent.
'''Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MBE|SBS}} ({{Lang-zh|c=|s=|t=郭利民|order=ts}}),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/0/20180223/648231/|title=Executive日記——長壽DJ停播疑雲 Uncle Ray動人舊歌|work=頭條日報 Headline Daily|access-date=1 June 2018|language=zh-HK}}</ref> (12 December 1924 - 13 January 2023),<ref name=rthk_20230113_i/><ref name=rthk_20230113_ii>{{cite news|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1683870-20230114.htm|work=RTHK News}}</ref> known professionally as '''Uncle Ray''', is a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and actor at [[RTHK Radio 3]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1006141/record|title=For the record|date=8 July 2012|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> He was named "The World's Most Durable DJ" in 2000 by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2123885/bittersweet-93rd-birthday-veteran-hong-kong-dj-uncle-ray-he|title=Bittersweet 93rd birthday for DJ ‘Uncle Ray’ as he mourns Mona Fong|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=22 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> He is of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] descent.


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 03:50, 14 January 2023

Ray Cordeiro
MBE SBS
郭利民
Cordeiro in 2008
Born
Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro

(1924-12-12) December 12, 1924 (age 99)
Hong Kong
DiedJanuary 13, 2023(2023-01-13) (aged 98)
Chinese University Medical Centre,[1] Ma Liu Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Other namesUncle Ray
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, disc jockey
Chinese name
Chinese郭利民
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgwok leih màhn
JyutpingGwok3 Lei6 Man4
Websitewww.uncleraydj.com (archived)

Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro MBE SBS (Chinese: 郭利民),[2] (12 December 1924 - 13 January 2023),[1][3] known professionally as Uncle Ray, is a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and actor at RTHK Radio 3.[4] He was named "The World's Most Durable DJ" in 2000 by the Guinness Book of World Records.[5] He is of Portuguese descent.

Career

Cordeiro worked as a warden in Stanley Prison and then as a clerk at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation shortly after World War II. In 1949, at the age of 25, he started his broadcasting career as a scriptwriter with Radio Rediffusion.[5] He eventually became a DJ and hosted a programme called Progressive Jazz. He joined Radio Television Hong Kong in 1960 as the Head of Light Music. In 1970, he started the series All the Way with Ray, which ran for 51 years until 15 May 2021. He has also cameoed in various Hong Kong films in the 1970s and 80s.[6]

Through the years, Cordeiro has interviewed many prominent musicians, including the Beatles. He was recognised by Elvis Presley Enterprises for his lifelong contribution to Presley. He was voted top DJ in Hong Kong for four consecutive years. He was awarded an MBE in 1987 by Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace.[4]

He 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.[1]

On 15 May 2021, Cordeiro retired at the age of 96 after hosting his final radio show, which had been running on public broadcaster RTHK since 1970.[7][8]

All the Way with Ray: My Autobiography, a career-focused memoir by Cordeiro, was published in 2021 by Hong Kong-based Blacksmith Books.[9]

Programmes hosted

  • Progressive Jazz (1949–1960 at Rediffusion)
  • Talent Time (1950–1956 at Rediffusion)
  • Rumpus Time (1950–1956 at Rediffusion)
  • Just For You (1964–1969 at RTHK)
  • From Me To You (1964–1969 at RTHK)
  • Hit Parade (1964–1969 at RTHK)
  • Lucky Dip (1964–1969 at RTHK)
  • All the Way with Ray (1970–15 May 2021 at RTHK)
  • Just Jazz with Uncle Ray (2012–2021 at RTHK)

Filmography

Year Title Role
1974 Games Gamblers Play
1975 Let's Rock
1975 The Last Message Policeman
1976 The Private Eyes
1981 Security Unlimited Horse race trickster
1983 All the Wrong Spies The Jew

[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c RTHK News https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1683864-20230114.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Executive日記——長壽DJ停播疑雲 Uncle Ray動人舊歌". 頭條日報 Headline Daily (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ RTHK News https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1683870-20230114.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ a b "For the record". South China Morning Post. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Bittersweet 93rd birthday for DJ 'Uncle Ray' as he mourns Mona Fong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Ray Cordeiro". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong's Ray Cordeiro, 'world's most durable DJ', retires at 96". BBC News. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Uncle Ray brings curtain down on 70-year career - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 17 May 2021. {{cite news}}: More than one of |work= and |website= specified (help)
  9. ^ "All The Way With Ray: My Autobiography". Blacksmith Books. 2021.


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