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- Albert Watson Newton AM MBE (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie –winning entertainer, and radio, theatre, and television personality and compère.
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Albert Watson Newton AM MBE (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie –winning entertainer, and radio, theatre, and television personality and compère.
Oct 31, 2021 · The death of Bert Newton at age 83 leaves a void in the Australian entertainment landscape, with those who knew him best reflecting on the laughs, the memories and the loveable performer known as Moonface. To his peers and colleagues, Newton was destined to be a television star from the very moment he stepped in front of a camera.
- Australia's 'Mr Television'
- 'Love of My Life'
- An Enduring Legacy on screen
Born on July 23, 1938, in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North, a young Bert Newton aspired to be a tram driver. His first memory was of a tram rattling past the family's home in Holden Street, and as a child he would often watch that carriage as it drove past. But the boy that wanted to announce the stops of the city instead fo...
As his stardom on television rose, so did the public interest in Newton's love life. Graeme Blundell, who wrote the 2014 unauthorised biography Bert: The Story of Australia's Favourite TV Star, said Melbourne media were obsessed with the young, handsome bachelor. Newton was briefly engaged to fellow TV star Susan-Gaye Anderson in 1962, and had an o...
Newton's ability to endure in television across the decades meant he was always reaching a new generation of audience. "He never stopped. Shows failed, there were sometimes disasters, but he just shrugged it off and kept going," biographer Blundell told RN. Newton briefly hosted his own show on the ABC in the 1970s, but it was at Channel 10 where h...
Nov 12, 2021 · Family, friends and famous Australian faces farewell Bert Newton, whose love for his wife Patti was so strong he waited for her to leave the room before taking his final breath.
- Yara Murray-Atfield
Oct 30, 2021 · Australian icon, Bert Newton has died aged 83. The 83-year old much-loved television star tragically died after having his leg amputated earlier this year. Newton was in a “life or death ...
Oct 31, 2021 · Newton’s career spanned the entertainment media, beginning with radio when he was a teenager, moving into television when it was in its infancy, making a handful of recordings – most notably ...
Oct 31, 2021 · Bert Newton has died at 83. An icon of Australian broadcasting, he is remembered as a master performer and comedian, with successful roles on radio, television and the theatre.
