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Channel Ten's 'unimaginable' insult after the death of legendary TV star
George Negus sadly passed away at the age of 82 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his family confirmed on Tuesday.
Just months before his death, Negus' son Ned posted a touching Father's Day tribute on social media to the man he called 'Negsy' after a family outing to the beach. Brisbane-born Negus was a high school teacher until his late 20s when he began writing for newspapers including The Australian, followed by a stint on the ABC's ground-breaking This Day Tonight. Stone had chosen Negus, Leslie and Ray Martin to front the news program in 1979, when Kerry Packer imported the format from the United States to air on his Nine Network.
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