Wincey Willis

**Wincey Willis** (an haife ta **Florence Winsome Leighton** ; 8 ga Agusta 1948 - 19 ga Disamba 2024) ta kasance mai watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin da rediyo na Burtaniya wacce ta shahara a ƙasar a shekarun 1980. Wataƙila an fi saninta da kasancewa cikin jerin waɗanda suka fito a TV-am, kamfanin farko na farko da ya fara aiki a talabijin na karin kumallo na kasuwanci a Burtaniya, inda ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara gabatar da yanayi a ITV, wacce ta fito a *Good Morning Britain* . An kuma san ta da rawar da ta taka a matsayin mai yanke hukunci a cikin shahararren shirin wasan talabijin  .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Willis ga uwa ɗaya tilo a Gateshead, County Durham, a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1948.   Ta girma a Hartlepool da Barnard Castle .    Iyayenta tsofaffi, Florence, née Brown, da Thomas Dimmock, ne suka ɗauke ta, waɗanda ita kaɗai ce 'ya'yansu.   A shekarar 2011, Willis ta ce ba ta taɓa ƙoƙarin neman iyayenta ba. Waƙarta kan wannan batu, "Adoption", an yi rikodin ta a CD don bikin cika shekaru 25 na shirin rediyo na BBC na *Poetry Please* . Ta bayyana kanta a matsayin wacce "tana da tarbiyya mai tsauri", ba tare da barasa a gida ba kuma ba ta da ibada ta Kirista akai-akai. 

Maimakon ta yi amfani da sunanta na farko, Florence, ta yi amfani da sunan tsakiya, Winsome, tana bayyana cewa "Yaran makarantar jarirai sun fara kirana da Wincey lokacin da muka koyi waƙar Incey Wincey Spider ".  

Tun tana ƙarama, tana son zama likitan dabbobi. Willis ta bar makaranta tana da shekara 16 kuma ta yi shekara ɗaya a makaranta, kafin ta tafi Faransa ta yi daidai da matakin A a can. Daga nan ta sami gurbi a Jami'ar Strasbourg .

## Sana'a
Willis ta fara aikinta a matsayin wakiliyar tafiye-tafiye, inda ta yi aiki a Arewacin Afirka, kafin ta zama wakiliyar DJM Records sannan ta koma sashen adana bayanai da tallatawa a Radio Tees da ke Stockton a kan Tees .    Fitowarta ta farko a talabijin ita ce a wani shiri na safiyar Asabar wanda Les Ross ya gabatar. Ta shiga Tyne Tees Television a watan Satumbar 1981.  Willis ta fara gabatar da yanayi ga cibiyar sadarwar, duk da cewa ta yarda cewa ba wani fanni ne da ta ƙware a kai ba.  A shekara mai zuwa, ta dauki nauyin shirin talabijin na Granada Television, *Wincey's Pets* . 

A wani ɓangare na sake ƙaddamar da TV-am ta sabon editan ta, Greg Dyke, Willis an "kama" shi daga Tyne Tees. Ta maye gurbin Kwamanda David Philpott a matsayin babban mai gabatar da yanayi na tashar a ranar mako a shirin  a watan Mayun 1983.  Ta yin hakan, ta zama mace ta farko da ta fara gabatar da yanayi a ITV a ƙasa.  Baya ga wannan, Willis ta ɗauki nauyin wasu sassa a TV-am, kamar waɗanda ke nuna dabbobi da dabbobi. 

A shekarar 1985, ta shiga shirin wasan kwaikwayo na  a matsayin mai yanke hukunci, tana aiki tare da Anneka Rice da Kenneth Kendall .  An buga littafin Willis na farko, *It's Raining Cats and Dogs*, wanda aka rubuta game da dabbobinta, a shekarar 1986, tare da gabatarwar masanin halitta Gerald Durrell .   A wannan shekarar aka ƙaddamar da *Wasan Yanayi*, wasan allo wanda Waddingtons suka yi kuma Willis ya ƙirƙiro.  

A shekarar 1987, ta bar TV-am don mayar da hankali kan wasu ayyukan talabijin da ayyukan kiyayewa.   Ta fito a cikin rawar da ta taka a cikin shirin *Dick Whittington* a City Hall da ke St Albans, tare da Chuckle Brothers, a shekarar 1988.  A shekarar 1989, ta yi tare da Simon Groom a cikin *Dick Whittington* a Epsom Playhouse .  An buga littafinta na biyu, *Greendays*, a shekarar 1990. Wannan littafin tarihin rayuwa ne mai dauke da bayanai game da batutuwan muhalli, wanda ya kunshi shawarwari kan ayyuka da ayyuka masu dacewa.  Fitowarta akai-akai a talabijin na kasa ta kare a wannan shekarar. 

Willis ta ɗauki shekaru da yawa tana aikin sa-kai na kare muhalli a faɗin duniya, a wani lokaci tana zaune a cikin tanti a bakin teku na Girka na tsawon watanni shida yayin da take kula da kunkuru na yankin. Ta koma talabijin a matsayin mai gabatar da namun daji a shekarar 1993 lokacin da aka ba ta matsayi a ƙarshen mako na Tyne Tees . A shekarar 1999, an ruwaito cewa Willis tana aiki a wani kamfanin takin tsutsotsi, kuma ta ce aikinta na talabijin "ya ƙare".

Willis ta gabatar da wani shiri na rediyo a BBC Coventry &amp;amp; Warwickshire daga 2006 zuwa 2009.  Ita ce kuma mai gabatarwa kuma mai ba da labari game da *yaran hagu: jagora ga malamai da iyaye*, jagorar bidiyo na ilimi na 2010; ita da kanta 'yar hagu ce.   A wannan shekarar, an sanar da cewa za ta gabatar da shirin *The Big Day Out*, wani shiri na rediyo na safiyar Asabar a BBC Hereford &amp;amp; Worcester .  Willis ta dauki nauyin shirin daga Agusta 2010 zuwa Satumba 2012. 

Ta fito a matsayin mai takara a shirin tambayoyi na talabijin na BBC *Celebrity Eggheads* a watan Disamba na 2011.  A watan Mayu na 2014, ta fito a cikin *shirin An Audience With Wincey Willis* a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Courtyard da ke Hereford .  Fitowarta ta ƙarshe a talabijin ta kasance baƙo a  a watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, a cikin wani bugu na shirin da ke bikin cika shekaru 30 a allon talabijin ga mai masaukin baki na shirin, Lorraine Kelly . 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Willis tana zaune a tsohon tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Winston da ke County Durham, wadda ke kan layin Barnard Castle da aka rufe.  An san ta da ƙaunar dabbobi, tana da sama da 50 daga cikinsu suna zaune a gidanta.  Yayin da take TV-am, Willis kuma tana zaune a wani gida a Camden, arewa maso yammacin London, tana komawa Barnard Castle duk bayan sati biyu.  Daga baya ta ƙaura zuwa Hereford.  Ta kasance ƙwararren mai nutsewa a cikin ruwa. 

Ta auri Malcolm Willis, wani mai sayar da kayan gado, a shekarar 1972, amma daga baya ma'auratan suka sake.   

An gano cewa Willis tana da cutar dementia ta frontotemporal a shekarar 2015, bayan haka ta koma arewa maso gabas ta zauna a Sunderland . Ta mutu a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 2024, tana da shekaru 76. Duk da haka, labarin mutuwarta bai bayyana a bainar jama'a ba sai a watan Yunin 2025. 

## Littattafan tarihi

* *Ruwan sama ne ke sauka a kuliyoyi da karnuka*, itacen Elm ( , 1986)
* *Greendays*, Red Fox ( , 1990)
* *Kalmomi*, Coleman, Bristow ( , 1998)

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