Derek Acorah

Quick Facts

Full Name	Derek Acorah
Occupation	Tv Show Host
Date Of Birth	Jan 27, 1950(1950-01-27)
Age	74
Date Of Death	2020-01-03
Birthplace	Bootle
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Derek Acorah Biography

Derek Acorah is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on January 27, 1950 in Bootle, England, United Kingdom. Spirit medium, who gained fame because she hosted the English show Most Haunted.

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Derek Francis Johnson (27 January 1950 – 4 January 2020), known professionally as Derek Acorah, was an English self-styled spiritual medium. He was best known for his television work on Most Haunted, broadcast on Living TV (2002–2010). His career as a medium was punctuated by allegations of fakery and he also attracted controversy over a number of seances during which he, reportedly, made contact with high-profile figures.

Acorah was firstly married to Joan Hughes from 1972 to 1982. The couple had a son together. He was later married to his wife Gwen from 1995, until his death in 2020. The couple were patrons for the charity Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme, a registered charity which provides guide dogs for the blind.

He was wed with Gwen Acorah from 1987 to 1990.

Derek Acorah Net Worth

Derek Acorah is one of the richest Tv Show Host from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Derek Acorah 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He has claimed that his first encounter with the spiritual as a young person was experiencing an apparition of his deceased grandfather.

He was also featured in the show Ghost Towns and Celebrity Quitters.

Acorah was born Derek Francis Johnson, in Bootle on 27 January 1950 to Frederick Johnson and Elizabeth Courtney. He lived in Scarisbrick near Southport, in North West England. Acorah claimed that his first experience with spiritualism happened when he was six, when he saw his deceased grandfather in his grandmother’s house. His grandmother, a psychic, would later influence his decision to become a medium.

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Who is Derek Acorah Dating?

According to our records, Derek Acorah married to Gwen Acorah (m. 1995–2020), Rachel Walker (m. 1984–1990). As of December 1, 2023, Derek Acorah’s is not dating anyone.

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Yvette Fielding, a presenter and executive producer of Most Haunted, initially stated “there is no acting on this programme, none whatsoever. Everything you see and you hear is real.” However, significant media attention was directed at the show in 2005, after Acorah claimed to channel spirits with names that had allegedly been suggested to him in advance, such as “Rik Eedles” and “Kreed Kafer”, which are anagrams of “Derek Lies” and “Derek Faker” respectively. Speaking in 2006, Fielding said of Acorah: “We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.” His time on the show saw him regularly being parodied, most notably with Shirley Ghostman (portrayed by Marc Wootton), which drew on elements of Acorah and Colin Fry, and Wooton once invaded one of Acorah’s shows. He was also parodied by Dawn French on an episode of French and Saunders and by Jon Culshaw on Dead Ringers.

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Derek Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Derek Acorah celebrates birthday on January 27 of every year.

Acorah’s other television work includes Celebrity Five Go to…, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Celebrity Quitters and Paranormal Egypt. He also made appearances on Celebrity Juice, Loose Lips, Richard and Judy, Bo’ Selecta!, Brainiac: Science Abuse, The Paul O’Grady Show, The Weakest Link and Loose Women. On film, he had a cameo in Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), and played a small role in Crispy’s Curse (2017), although the film failed to achieve a general release.