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Obituary: Ron Barassi

Ron Barassi, one of the legends of Australian rules football, has died at the age of 87. He died from complications suffered after a fall. In a football career spanning 40 years he played 254 games, including six premierships, and coached 515. In 1996 he was named in the Australian Football League’s Team Of The …

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On This Day — 21 August

21 August 1959: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight) 21 August 1976: Michael Charlton, Robert Moore, David Flatman, Caroline Jones, John Temple, Mike Willesee (Four Corners) 21 August 1982: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces) 21 August 1993: Gavin Harrison and Rebekah Elmaloglou (A Country Practice) 21 August 2004: Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Neighbours) 21 August …

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On This Day — 13 August

13 August 1977: Don Lane (The Don Lane Show) 13 August 1994: Nicole Kidman 13 August 2005: Big Brother 13 August 1971: Television finally comes to the Northern Territory as ABC officially opens ABD6 in Darwin. YouTube: ABC News (Australia) 13 August 1976: The sex-comedy series Alvin Purple, based on the earlier successful film of …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

It was a second Gold Logie in a row for Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune at the 40th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex on 19 April 1998. She won the award ahead of her fellow nominees — Midday host Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Logies host Daryl Somers, A Current Affair host …

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On This Day — 22 July

22 July 1972: Joe Hasham (Number 96) 22 July 1978: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces) 22 July 1989: Simone Buchanan and Chris Mayer (Hey Dad) 22 July 2000: Joy Smithers and Erik Thomson (All Saints) 22 July 2006: Kate Ritchie (Home And Away) 22 July 1974: Nine screens a delayed telecast of …

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On This Day — 21 July

21 July 1973: Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell (Homicide) 21 July 1973: Tanya Halesworth and Susan Peacock (No Man’s Land) 21 July 1979: Terry Norris, Louise Philip, Greg Ross (Cop Shop) 21 July 1979: Don Lane and Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show) 21 July 1984: Rowena Wallace (Sons And Daughters) 21 July 1990: Simone Buchanan (Hey Dad), …

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On This Day — 16 June

16 June 1973: Pamela Stephenson (Ryan) 16 June 1979: Eric Oldfield, Kerri Eichhorn and Judy Lynne (The Young Doctors) 16 June 1990: Josephine Mitchell and Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 16 June 2001: Kimberley Cooper and Tammin Sursok (Home And Away) 16 June 1976: Includes Certain Women, Casino 10, The Celebrity Game, The Don Lane …

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On This Day — 13 June

13 June 1959: William Job and Henry Gilbert, starring in the ABC‘s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, performed live from the studios of ABN2, Sydney. 13 June 1962: Panda Lisner (The Happy Show) 13 June 1981: Don Lane (The Don Lane Show) 13 June 1998: Ben Unwin and Sara Mumcu (Home And Away) 13 June 1973: …

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On This Day — 5 June

5 June 1976: Young Talent Time celebrates its fifth anniversary — although the series actually met that milestone in April. 5 June 1995: The first episode of Ten’s new soap Echo Point, slotted to run back-to-back with Neighbours and in competition with Home And Away. Poor ratings led to the series moving to 6.00pm then …

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Obituary: Olivia Newton-John

Dame Olivia Newton-John has died from cancer at the age of 73. Born in England in 1948, she came to Australia with her family at the age of six. While still a teenager she became a regular performer on Melbourne television, appearing on shows like The Happy Show, Time For Terry and Go!! and formed …

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