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Five things you didn’t know about Graham Norton

Bandon-raised chat show star Graham Norton turns 58 this weekend and we’ve been looking at some of the lesser-known parts of his life

Grahan Norton turns 58 on Sunday

Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 - 07:20

Denise O’Donoghue

He nearly died in a stabbing in London in the 80s

Norton was mugged and stabbed by a group of attackers in London, where he was studying drama, in 1989.

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