Australian TV legend and media business chief Brian Walshthe person behind the TV sequence Neighbours’ success, has died at 68.
Walsh was the person behind the worldwide success of the long-running tv sequence Neighbors and was additionally credited with launching the careers of Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Man Pearce.
Walsh was most just lately an government at Australian pay tv firm Foxtel and was described by the corporate as “an iconic determine all through Foxtel’s 28-year historical past and one of the crucial admired artistic leaders in Australian tv”.
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He died in Sydney on Thursday on the age of 68.
Walsh labored in radio at a younger age and joined Community Ten, the place he helped launch exhibits such because the acclaimed Kennedy Miller mini-series Vietnam, The Bangkok Hilton and The Dirtwater Dynasty, earlier than happening to take soapie Neighbors to worldwide success.
At Foxtel, Walsh was the brains behind a number of Australian tv sequence corresponding to Deadline Gallipoli, The Kettering Incident, The Finish, Wentworth, Upright, Love Me, Colin from Accounts and The Twelve.
“It is a very tough day for the Foxtel Group household, for Australia’s artistic group and the hundreds of thousands of Australians who watched and beloved the tales that Brian delivered to life by way of tv,” Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany mentioned in an announcement.
“Australia’s artistic group has misplaced a much-loved determine in Brian. For us, the loss is closely felt.
“On the Foxtel Group, Brian was a long-time mentor, a confidant, a colleague and an unwavering buddy to so many.
“At this time, we’re grieving Brian’s passing. Our condolences go to his household and to these closest to him.
“Now we have misplaced an icon of Australian tv that may by no means get replaced. Relaxation in peace, Brian.”
