Tag: Spending Spree

On This Day — 12 January

12 January 1961: Lorrae Desmond (The Lorrae Desmond Show) 12 January 1974: Jimmy Hannan (Spending Spree, Split Second) 12 January 1985: Kim Lewis (Sons And Daughters) 12 January 1991: Alyssa-Jane Cook (E Street) 12 January 2002: Ada Nicodemou, Ryan Kwanten, Zac Drayson, Kimberley Cooper (Home And Away) 12 January 2008: Kate Ritchie and Amy Mathews …

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Obituary: Jimmy Hannan

Jimmy Hannan, one of Australia’s leading stars of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, has died at the age of 84 after a short battle with cancer. Sydney-born Hannan made his TV debut in 1956 as a contestant on Name That Tune, Australia’s first TV game show.  The prize money he won on the show paid …

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