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  1. Nov 1, 2021 · Bert Newton, popular Australian TV host known for “Good Morning Australia,” died Saturday after several years of poor health at the age of 83.

    • 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...

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  3. 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.

  4. Oct 31, 2021 · The Australian entertainment legend, who had a leg amputated in May this year due to a life-threatening infection, died at a private clinic in Melbourne.

  5. Oct 31, 2021 · Newton, who has died aged 83 while undergoing palliative care in Melbourne after several years of poor health, led Australia through the early days of television on a diet of frothy,...

  6. Nov 12, 2021 · Bert Newton, an instant hit who became Australia’s most enduring TV personality, dies aged 83. Read more. Silvie Paladino sang the national anthem and Anthony Callea sang a prayer. Eddie...

  7. Oct 30, 2021 · Bert Newton, whose long career spanned television, stage and radio, died on Saturday evening while undergoing palliative care at a private clinic in Melbourne.

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