Sir Jimmy Savile's gravestone removed
The headstone on Sir Jimmy Savile's grave has been removed after his family requested it be taken away out of "respect to public opinion".
Grave could have become a "focus of vandalism"
Funeral Director, Robert Morphet speaks to ITV Daybreak about Sir Jimmy Savile's family's decision to have the headstone removed.
A spokesperson for Scarborough Borough Council said:
"We have been advised by the funeral directors, Joseph A Hey and Son, acting on behalf of Jimmy Savile's family, that the headstone at Woodlands Cemetery has been removed."
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