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60 Minutes editor Mike Chirgwin who worked on Mad Max 2 dies aged 73 as his cause of death is revealed


Mike Chirgwin began his television career on the ABC's groundbreaking current affairs program This Day Tonight and was best-known for his long stint on Nine's 60 Minutes.

Logie-winning television current affairs editor Mike Chirgwin, who also worked on the classic Australian film Mad Max 2, has died of cancer aged 73. During his time on Nine's flagship current affairs show Chirgwin worked with reporters Ray Martin, George Negus, Jana Wendt, Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Tracey Curro and Charles Wooley. Former 60 Minutes executive producer Hamish Thomson also remembered Chirgwin as a legendary luncher and raconteur in a time when film editors were regarded as craftsmen.

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