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Heartbreak as Australian media legend who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal dead at 91

Australian media trailblazer Vaughan Hinton died in August this year at the age of 91, with reports of his passing only recently becoming public.

Australian media trailblazer Vaughan Hinton (pictured) died in August this year at the age of 91, with reports of his passing only recently becoming public As an early advocate of Australia's LGBTQ community, Hinton was integral in ensuring Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was broadcast on the ABC and helped it first go to air in 1994. The passionate broadcaster continued to work with the ABC across the 80s and in 1986 was appointed the networks executive producer for all significant national events and Indigenous affairs.

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