Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman dead at 65

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Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman has died aged 65, following a four-year battle with prostate cancer.

and released four singles and a comedy album.Tributes posted to social media on Saturday described Coleman as a media legend and a television institution who excelled at entertaining people and making them laugh.radio show with Coleman and worked with him on television, described Coleman as his “dear mate and partner in crime”.

“We had a million laughs and I know whenever I think of him I will smile. We will raise a glass or 12 to him tonight. See you on the other side mate,” Rogerson wrote.columnist Peter FitzSimons said Coleman was “the most eternally effervescent man I ever met”, while weatherman Tim Bailey said his friend Jono was “a walking grin factory” with “an enormous spirit that brightened us all”.

Coleman was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2015 for service to the broadcast media industry and the community. His community work included radio station 2RPH , where newspapers are read out loud on air, and contributions to the School for the Deaf and Blind, Schizophrenia Research Institute, Variety Clubs Australia, Carers Australia, the Australia Day Council, and the Movember Foundation.

“The family would like to thank [St Vincent’s Hospital oncologist] Professor Anthony Joshua and all the doctors and nurses who have lovingly cared for Jonathan,” the family said in a statement.

 

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